Pat Cummins states playing T20 World Cup in India amid raging pandemic as 'unsafe' and 'drain on resources'

The Indian Premier League 2021 got postponed in the middle due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. BCCI is also looking at other windows to wrap up the remaining season as soon as possible. Apart from IPL 2021, there is another big event coming up which is T20 World Cup that has to be hosted in India. Keeping in mind the grim situation in India, Australian pacer Pat Cummins has kept his point of view.

Cummins has stated that India should not host the T20 WC as it would ‘drain the Indian resources’ amid the raging pandemic and will also be ‘unsafe.’ Pat Cummins earlier contributed to India’s fight against COVID-19 and added that the nation has always welcomed him all the love and it doesn’t feel good to see people suffering like this.

“If it’s going to be a drain on resources or it’s not going to be safe, then I don’t think it’s right to play it over here. That’s the first question which needs to be answered,” said Cummins as quoted by the ‘Age’ newspaper.

The Australian star added that authorities and officials should check once with the Indian government and take decisions accordingly. However, he added that it is very early for anything to say now as the tournament is around six months away. However, India is still looking out at other venues to host the tournament.

The IPL in the UAE last year was brilliant: Pat Cummins

“The IPL in the UAE last year was brilliant, it was really well run, but millions of people were saying it should have been played in India, so what do you do? You can see both sides. They set up this tournament with all the best advice,” Cummins added.

The KKR all-rounder stated that the UAE edition of the IPL was conducted in a very smooth manner and even there was a lot less staff around the players. He also threw light on how half of their Indian KKR suffered from COVID-19 at some point in their lives.