Dubai,AUG 25
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting mentor VVS Laxman is confident the quality of cricket will not suffer even if the matches of the upcoming IPL are played in front of empty stands owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.“I can assure all the fans of the game that they will really enjoy the competition even though there won’t be any crowd or any spectators on the ground,” Laxman said in a video released by the franchise. “Don’t ever think that the energy or the quality of cricket will come down.”Instead, the former India batsman seemed a bit wary of the nature of pitches that will be on offer in the UAE.“Probably the wickets may be on the slower side but we have to just wait and see because we may just be surprised with the efforts put in by the ground staff.“The outfield will be fantastic but the wickets are something that I hope will be well taken care of by the ground staff.”
