Saha was one of the few players who contracted the coronavirus before the IPL 2021 was suspended midway.
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SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has expressed his opinion that the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 should have been held in UAE, just like the scenario in the previous edition. IPL 2021 was conducted in India, before being suspended due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, reported in its bio-bubble.
“It’s the job of the stakeholders to assess it, but the only thing I would say is that there was not a single individual during our training in UAE (last year), not even ground staff. Here there would be people, kids peeping from nearby walls. I don’t want to comment much but we saw how the IPL went off smoothly in UAE in 2020 and then it started in India this year with cases on the rise,” said Saha as quoted by the news agency PTI.
The cricketer elaborated by stating that it was the responsibility of the stakeholders to take a look into where the IPL should have been conducted.
“I don’t know what would have happened, but definitely I feel it would have been better off in UAE this time as well. It’s for the stakeholders to look into it,” he added.
Saha has reached his home in Kolkata, having completed over a fortnight-long quarantine at a hotel in Delhi. This was important in order to make himself available for selection for the upcoming tour of England. The keeper had tested positive for COVID on May 4, the day IPL 2021 was suspended.
“I’m doing all normal activities, there’s no fatigue, body ache, or any weakness. But I will actually get to know how my body is coping when I get into actual match training mode,” stated Saha.
The veteran stated that he had a slight fever the first few days, before losing smell after five days.
“I had a slight fever for the first couple of days, lost smell after five days but it returned within four days. It was about spending time with family, friends (virtually), catching up with some light-hearted movies and keeping myself in a good space. I was never mentally disturbed or down. I was just being normal. Currently, I’m doing some fitness routine at home but the actual fitness training will start after I join the team in Mumbai,” concluded Saha.
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