The IPL was originally scheduled to start on March 29 with Mumbai Indians taking on the Chennai Super Kings in the curtain-raiser.
He had been in red hot form in white-ball leg of domestic cricket and no wonder Suryakumar Yadav like many others was physically in his Mumbai home but mentally at the Wankhede Stadium where Mumbai Indians would have played CSK in IPL opener on Sunday.
The IPL, which has been postponed till April 15 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, in all likelihood will be cancelled as the government fights to bring the current pandemic under control with a 21-day lockdown.
"Mentally at Wankhede stadium. But physically at home. This too shall pass. #stayhome #staysafe," tweeted Surya on late Sunday night along with two of his pictures, one at Wankhede and the other at home.
Currently, there are more than 1000 positive cases for novel coronavirus in India with death toll already crossing 25.
