Almost 300 million people have watched IPL in the first 2 weeks and another 100-125 million incremental people will watch it over the next month or so. Amid this pandemic, IPL will provide a healing touch to almost one third of the Indian population (1/n)

Millions of Indians look forward to watching IPL games every evening as it gives a much needed dose of positivity amid the raging pandemic and being confined to their homes for almost a year (2/n)

IPL is not taking away any state capacity which otherwise could have been deployed for fighting the war against COVID. Besides, IPL is providing 2-month employment for 1000s of non-cricketing staff who otherwise would have been left to fend for themselves (3/n)

Find it regrettable that certain people disconnected from the larger society are running a concerted campaign against IPL completely disregarding the positive impact it is having in such times. Such people just want to amplify negativity which helps their propaganda. (n/n)