The Indian Premier League season will continue as scheduled, despite the country's coronavirus death toll topping 200,000 a DAY and players fleeing. 'It's probably more important now to hold IPL, when there is so much negativity around,' the official said, as reported by The Guardian. No fans are being allowed at any of the matches, but the television audience around the world is huge for the competition. The IPL is a huge money-spinner for India and organisers are keen to continue despite growing numbers of deaths from Covid-19. Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, told the New York Times that his modelling suggests India's death toll is at least double the official tally, but could be up to five times higher.

Source: The Nation April 28, 2021 10:52 UTC