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Former India skipper and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has asked state associations to get ready for cricket operations in the country. In a letter to the various State Associations, Ganguly said cricketing activities which had come to a complete standstill, "seems that it will take a couple of months to resume training and competitive cricket in India."Ganguly noted that the IPL which was scheduled to start from 29th March 2020, has been indefinitely postponed. "The BCCI is working on all possible options to ensure that we are able to stage the IPL this year, even if it means playing the tournament in empty stadiums. The fans, franchisees, players, broadcasters, sponsors and all other stakeholders are keenly looking forward to the possibility of IPL being hosted this year," he wrote.BCCI is all set to formalize SOPs and guidelines for state associations to make the resumption of cricket easier. Sourav Ganguly in his letter, has said BCCI has engaged medical experts for drafting the SOP. Recently a lot of players, both from India and other countries, participating in IPL have also shown their keenness on being a part of this year IPL. Meanwhile, ICC has deferred until next month a decision on the T20 World Cup scheduled in Australia in October-November.

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Cricket :COVID-19: Sourav Ganguly asks state association to get ready for IPL in empty stadiums

Former India skipper and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has asked state associations to get ready for cricket operations in ... ...