India skipper Virat Kohli has said that he does not really know whether the game of cricket will change or not once the action resumes during this coronavirus period. Kohli was doing an Instagram live session with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and it was then that the Indian skipper was asked whether he sees the game changing a lot when it resumes.
“Game changing a lot? Man I do not know what is going to happen, it is so strange thinking even of practice sessions like instinctively you want to clap/hi-five, but you cannot do that, you will meet people after a long time, and you would have to fold hands and stay away,” Kohli told Ashwin. “I know it sounds strange, it might be a permanent feature until there is some sort of cure or vaccine that comes out, we will need to make that a part of our routine,” he added.
However, the Indian skipper also reckons that people won’t find it hard to acclimatise to the new challenges which will be given to players because of the coronavirus. “We all find it strange, with all things in life, it won’t be that difficult to make a part of our lives,” Kohli concluded. On May 22, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had announced the “Back to Cricket Guidelines” for the safe resumption of the sport.
To resume training for the international cricket the ICC has said, “Consider appointing a Chief Medical Officer and/or Biosafety Official who will be responsible for implementing government regulations and the biosafety plan to resume training and competition.”