Thread by @pankaj

STOP. THE. IPL. NOW

It’s not just inappropriate and insensitive but downright shameful, appalling and tone-deaf to continue the glitzy IPL.

No we don’t need thrillers in Delhi. We need more oxygen, hospitals, beds and medicines. Urgently.

#StopIPL

Just across the road from where this grotesque spectacle happens daily is a hospital.

Cricketers & the administration - do you have a shred of decency?

People are dying daily in the thousands. Everyone knows someone in their 1st or 2nd degree that has died recently.

Convert the stadiums to hospitals. Divert the enormous resources being used for the cricketers’ and the IPL staff’s bubble towards this catastrophic and humanitarian disaster in India.

Wake up and smell the deaths and misery around you! #StopIPL

To be clear, I am a huge cricket fan and love watching IPL. But not acknowledging the tragedy around us is downright ridiculous.

Also Indian elites, many of you who are probably reading this, please don’t be apathetic, donate / volunteer / express your grief and outrage. 🙏🏽

Start here if you don’t know the grim situation. twitter.com/search?q=Need%…

Try this twitter search query: "need help (oxygen OR bed)" Shows the dire situation and urgent calls of help from all parts of the country.😢

twitter.com/search?q=need%…

There you go... sadly 2 players test positive postponing today’s game. Then this. #StopIPL

https://twitter.com/espncricinfo/status/1389144052218560521