‘Cancel IPL’ trends on Twitter, starts a meme-fest on social media.
Twitteratis demanded to ‘cancel’ this IPL season after 4 Delhi Capitals physio Patrick Farhart tested positive for COVID-19 virus and later an unnamed player also tested positive for RT-PCR test.
COVID strikes the IPL matches
This resulted in delay for the team to reach Pune where they would play their next two matches against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals on April 20, 2022 & April 22, 2022 respectively.
Following the COVID-19 terror, Delhi Capitals players and support staff were held back in Mumbai on 18th April.They will be allowed to travel to Pune to play their upcoming games only after two rounds of COVID-19 testing. The team have been tested negative in the first round of testing and would be travelling only when they test negative for the second time.
With cases on the continuous rise in the last 3-4 days, fans speculated that the 15th edition of IPL would be suspended just like its predecessor due to players being infected with the virus.
Last year, 4 IPL players were infected with the virus bringing a halt on the season midway. Later on, the remaining matches were undertaken in UAE in September-October.
However, the situation provided an opportunity for the fans and memers to start another hilarious banter. They’ve made complete use of this situation and made some really hilarious memes trolling each other.
Newly added teams Gujarat Lions and Lucknow SuperGiants are not in favour of cancelling the IPL season as their favourite teams are doing quite well on the points table whereas the fans of Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are okay it being cancelled as this year the teams are not performing to the best of their abilities. Click here to enjoy some MI & CSK memes.
The ones that are more saddened with the cancellation possibility are RCB fans !. For the first time the team is performing quite well and they don't want to lose their chance to win the trophy.
Here are some hilarious memes out there:
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Head to www.macmerise.com and select your favourite team from the IPL section, select the choice of product from the list and flaunt your fan-love on your mobile phones, coffee mugs and more.
