Mumbai: Mumbai Cricket Association ,MCA) decided to suspend all its local on Saturday Cricket tournament due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the city
“Due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, Kanga and the tournament committee decided to postpone all MCA tournaments including U-25 Shalini Bhalekar and Madhav Mantri E, F&G div matches until further notice. Please note this. MCA secretary Sanjay Naik and joint secretary Shahlam Shaikh said on the website.
Mumbai has witnessed a huge jump in the number of Covid-19 cases, with the number of positive cases being 6,347 on Saturday. As a result of this the government has imposed several restrictions in the last few days.
On Thursday, the BCCI had announced that it was postponing the Vijay Merchant U-16 Trophy due to the rising COVID-19 cases in India.
The MCA’s decision to suspend all its local cricket is a major setback for the budding cricketers in the city but is sensible and expected considering the deteriorating situation and the rapid spread of COVID-19 cases.
This is the third time in the last two years that the MCA has been forced to suspend all local cricket due to COVID-19. Local cricket resumed in October after it was stopped for the second time in April last year.
Mumbai will stage 15 Ranji Trophy matches across four venues from January 13, but all these matches will be played in a strict bio-bubble.
“Due to the rising COVID-19 cases in Mumbai, Kanga and the tournament committee decided to postpone all MCA tournaments including U-25 Shalini Bhalekar and Madhav Mantri E, F&G div matches until further notice. Please note this. MCA secretary Sanjay Naik and joint secretary Shahlam Shaikh said on the website.
Mumbai has witnessed a huge jump in the number of Covid-19 cases, with the number of positive cases being 6,347 on Saturday. As a result of this the government has imposed several restrictions in the last few days.
On Thursday, the BCCI had announced that it was postponing the Vijay Merchant U-16 Trophy due to the rising COVID-19 cases in India.
The MCA’s decision to suspend all its local cricket is a major setback for the budding cricketers in the city but is sensible and expected considering the deteriorating situation and the rapid spread of COVID-19 cases.
This is the third time in the last two years that the MCA has been forced to suspend all local cricket due to COVID-19. Local cricket resumed in October after it was stopped for the second time in April last year.
Mumbai will stage 15 Ranji Trophy matches across four venues from January 13, but all these matches will be played in a strict bio-bubble.
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