TATA Group Offers To Create ‘Bio-Secure Bubble’ For IPL 2020

With the BCCI having announced that IPL 2020 will be held in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah from, September 19 to November 10, it is now important that cricket-fans are provided a safe, secure and Covid19-proof 13th edition of the game. For the same, BCCI has received an offer from Tata Medical and Diagnostics (TMD), the TATA Group’s medical arm. Working on Covid-19 safety services through the unrelenting pandemic, TMD has offered its expertise and assistance to the BCCI to create an end-to-end Bio-Secure-Bubble solution for the league.

According to media reports, during the IPL GC meeting, on 2nd August, 2020, TATA Medical officials gave a presentation to the Board on “a holistic, state-of the-art, integrated Bridgital technology based, end-to-end, Covid safety services solution to enable the league to set the gold standard.” The TMD team has proposed that their teams in UAE and India will partner with and work alongside BCCI, franchises, the IPL event management team and Emirates Cricket Board, for end-to-end COVID safety management. It has recommended a holistic program. The solution will combine all elements of testing, technology, and expert insights, to create an integrated safety solution that covers the entire event and all the participants and stakeholders of IPL 2020. 

IPL GC Chairman, Brijesh Patel confirmed the above news, adding that they were extremely impressed with the pitch and that the final calls would be taken by the end of the week. According to the report, TATAS say the solution levers and their intensity will be based on an understanding of the inherent criticality and risk levels and the usage of various zones at the venues that can be categorized into various criticality groups: ‘Platinum’ (players and coaches); ‘Gold’ (TV broadcast crew); and ‘Silver’ (Match day entertainers).

Though the IPL GC is ready with the Standard Operating Procedures for the IPL 2020, it has not handed over the same to the franchises and broadcasters. If the IPL GC accepts the proposal of Tata Medical, then BCCI will incorporate all the suggestions from the company in the SOP’s Docket and post that it will be handed over to everyone concerned. 

Interestingly, another Tata group company – TATA Motors is already associated with the IPL as a central sponsor.

[Courtesy: Insidesport.co]