Indian Cricket Will Feel The Impact of COVID- 19 In October Says Rahul Dravid

New Delhi : Rahul Dravid feels the impact of Covid-19 will be greatly felt by Indian cricket and domestic circuit in general if play is not able to resume in another couple of months. The former India captain believes the real impact of the pandemic will be seen in Indian cricket around October, especially when it comes to domestic cricket.

“We’ve been lucky so far [that the pandemic started in March towards the end of BCCI’s domestic season], but come October, things might start getting stressful,” Dravid told the Deccan Herald.

“A few international tournaments have been cancelled and repositioned, and people can always find time and place for that, but once October comes around, that’s when I think it’ll start hitting us more. The next domestic season, for a lot of our young domestic players juniors, Under-16s, Under-19s, and women cricketers start in October.”

India has a robust domestic cricket system with tournaments like Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy played all around the year. But this time around, there has been no clarity yet from the BCCI regarding the start of domestic cricket season yet.