With the BCCI seeking an extension from the ICC to decide the fate of the 2021 T20 World Cup, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has reacted to former Australia batsman Michael Hussey's comment about India no longer being safe to travel to for the T20 World Cup. However, he also mentioned that teams would fear travelling to India for the T20 World Cup later this year. Not only that, even the Australian Open tennis tournament went ahead despite active Covid cases in Melbourne," Gavaskar wrote on his column for The Sportstar. But please give India a chance as much as you gave your country to hold big events earlier in the year." "As Mr. Cricket left for home shores he observed that it would not be possible to hold the ICC T20 World Cup in India in October this year.

Source: Hindustan Times May 29, 2021 08:58 UTC