Google re-releases 2017 cricket game in latest doodle

Google has re-released its 2017 cricket video game in its latest doodle in order to keep the fans engaged in the coronavirus pandemic situation. Its homepage has the letter ‘G’ in the company’s logo playing cricket indoors with the letter ‘E.’ There’s also a play button next to the logo. The game features a team of crickets versus. a team of snails in a game of cricket.

The doodle was first made in honour of the international cricket tournament held in England and Wales in June 2017. Even in the future, Google will keep re-releasing past doodle games as India goes through the lockdown phase, which, for the time being, is scheduled to end on May 3. The coding video game was released for the kids on Monday, April 27.

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“As COVID-19 continues to impact communities around the world, people and families everywhere are spending more time at home. In light of this, we’re launching a throwback Doodle series looking back at some of our popular interactive Google Doodle games,” Google was quoted as saying in UPI.

The game of cricket has been affected deeply to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Indian Premier League (IPL) had to be postponed indefinitely after the lockdown in India was extended. Earlier, the tournament was scheduled to get underway on March 29 and was then deferred to April 15. But now there are chances of even the tournament getting cancelled.

Recently, Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president, said that there won’t be any cricket in the near future. This year itself, the T20 World Cup in Australia is set to take place. But in the current scenario, it could end up being shelved as well. Nevertheless, the International Cricket Council (ICC) now wishes to keep its fingers crossed and doesn’t want to rush into a hasty decision.

The inaugural World Test Championship has also been affected. A number of bilateral series has had to be shelved as well. Many series had to be cancelled midway as well. For the time being, the ungodly virus has affected over three million people worldwide with the death tolls showing no signs of slowing down. The cricketers are currently spending their time indoors.