'The World Cup is six months away... things can change': Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins optimistic that tournament will go ahead later this year
Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins expects the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) to be merely delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic and is optimistic the home Twenty20 World Cup will go ahead as scheduled later this year. Cummins is IPL's most expensive overseas player after the Kolkata Knight Riders acquired him for a staggering $2.18 million in the players' auction in December. His record-breaking payday will have to wait, however, as the start of the Twenty20 tournament, originally scheduled for March 29, has been deferred to April 15 and another postponement looks inevitable. 'They obviously haven't cancelled it or anything like that yet. It's still a bit of a holding pattern so we're in contact with our teams every few days,' Cummins told Cricket News reporters in a video conference on Friday. 'Obviously everyone is still really keen for it to go ahead, but the priority is to minimise risk of (the virus) spreading.' 'Th