Sunrisers Hyderabad’s New Zealand-bound skipper Kane Williamson has said that “clearly there were some breaches” in the Indian Premier League (IPL) bio-bubble. He further said that the BCCI took the “right decision” to indefinitely postpone the tournament.
The 2021 season of the Indian Premier League was postponed on May 4 following the breach in the IPL bio-bubble during the third round of legs in Delhi and Ahmedabad where some of the players and the staff tested positive for COVID-19.
“Things escalated really quickly over in India and the challenges that way in that part of the world are heartbreaking to see,” Williamson said during a media interaction on Wednesday from the New Zealand team’s quarantine base in Southampton.
The New Zealand team in currently in England for the two-match Test series ahead of the mega World Test Championship finals against India starting June 18.
“We were very well looked after in the bubble for the first half of the tournament when things were still intact but clearly, there were some breaches,” the Kiwi skipper said, though he did not elaborate.
“The tournament couldn’t continue and the right decisions were made, I believe that’s how things unfolded in the IPL,” said the batsman.
