Cricket Australia on Wednesday said it will grant No Objection Certificates to its Indian Premier League-bound players on a case-by-case basis, a day after it had postponed the national men’s team’s tour of South Africa due to fresh coronavirus outbreak in that country.
The indications are that the 14th edition of the T20 league will be held in India in the second week of April and players will need an NOC to participate. Australia has already postponed their Test tour to South Africa on Tuesday due to the “unacceptable” risk to players with the coronavirus situation there.
However, player agents have indicated that unless there are injury concerns, there should not be any issue in granting NOCs as the event will be organised during CA’s official break.
“We have, obviously, got precedent on that from the IPL last year. We have got, obviously, the IPL, if you like, (has) proven its bio-security protocols,” CA interim CEO Nick Hockley was quoted as saying by…