Road Safety World Series 2020 Coronavirus threat: Ongoing tournament to be played behind closed doors; Pune leg relocated

Dixit Bhargav | 12/03/2020
Road Safety World Series 2020 Coronavirus threat: Ongoing tournament to be played behind closed doors; Pune leg relocated

Road Safety World Series 2020 Coronavirus threat: The ongoing tournament has become yet another high-profile event to get affected.

World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring the outbreak of coronavirus as a “pandemic” yesterday has led to high-profile events across the world getting cancelled or suspended.

The ongoing Road Safety World Series has become another tournament which has been affected by the spread of coronavirus. Having gained plentiful attention due to the presence of some legendary names, the Road Safety World Series will now be played behind closed doors.

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As per the announced schedule, the 11 matches of the tournament were slated to be played across four venues – Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai), DY Patil Stadium (Navi Mumbai), Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium (Pune) and Brabourne Stadium (Mumbai).

The Pune leg of the tournament, which was scheduled to begin from March 14, now stands cancelled as an aftermath of the outbreak. Furthermore, all the remaining matches will be played at the Dr. D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai including the final which was earlier scheduled to be played at the Wankhade Stadium.

Road Safety World Series 2020 Coronavirus threat

“This decision has been taken as the most responsible course of action, to protect the health and safety of the players, staff and spectators.

“All stake holders agreed that they will continue to monitor the situation closely with the relevant authorities as they understand that it is a fluid situation, developing on a daily basis and they remain realistic and flexible in their approach to alternative options, which will be communicated in due course,” the organisers of the tournament said in a statement.

All eyes are now on the Indian Premier League Governing Council Meeting which is scheduled to happen on March 14 (Saturday) to discuss the fortune of IPL 2020.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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