MCA postpones all matches amid nationwide coronavirus lockdown

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to postpone all its cricket matches which were scheduled to be played between 14th March and 31st March 2020 due to the ongoing novel Covid-19 (Coronavirus) situation. The MCA office, situated at Wankhede Stadium, will also remain closed till April 14. This is the latest in a series of developments that have seen sporting events being postponed (or) cancelled in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

"The Mumbai Cricket Association has decided to postpone all its cricket matches, which were scheduled to be played between March 14 and April 14 due to the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation," stated MCA, as reported by Times of India.

Maharashtra has so far recorded 112 coronavirus cases, the highest of any state in the country. On Friday, March 20, the Maharashtra government had ordered that only essential stores like grocery and medical stores will remain open in the state, while confirming that all workplaces in major cities in the state, including Mumbai and Pune, will remain closed till March 31. 

Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and Maharashtra Cricket Association had also ordered all their employees to work from home in order to avoid the further spread of novel virus in the country that has affected more than 600 and claimed the lives of 10 people in India.