mumbai former new zealand allrounder scott styris has said that players like virat kohli tend to feed off the energy of the fans and as a result this indian premier league ipl is incredibly different for both fans and playersthe ipl 2020 edition began on september 19 and the entire tournament is being played without fans as a precautionary measure against covid19while talking about the fan week initiative by star sports styris said its incredibly different for fans and players this yearread alsoipl 2020 full schedule dates match timings and venuesfollowing is the complete fixture of indian premier league 2020 to be held in the uae starting september 19for instance players like virat kohli or the chennai super kings team feed off the energy of fans who dedicatedly visit the stadium to cheer their favourite team and playersone of the biggest challenges in the resumption of cricket in the coronavirus era has been integrating fans into the system despite being the biggest stakeholders fans have been kept away from the stadiums with an eye on their safety in fact going into this years indian premier league players too spoke about how they would miss the constant cheers from vociferous fansbut 27 days into the 13th edition of the ipl in uae one just cannot tell that this years league is indeed being played inside empty stadiums the buzz during the games seems as real as it gets and this is an outcome of diligent planning and execution by host broadcasters star indiaand one man who has spent numerous sleepless nights overseeing the whole process from initiation to finally raising the curtains on what has been nothing short of a spectacle is sanjog guptaspeaking to ani sanjog threw light on the initial ambiguity over the venue the challenges that came with organising the league with an eye on the virus and most importantly ensuring that the reputation that the ipl has built over the years of being a visual delight remains unscratchedi will quickly tell you a storythere is a colleague of mine and i was chatting with him after the first week of ipl and he told me that his parents are very keen to go for the finals i said crowds are not allowed and he said exactly they didnt even know that ipl was being played to empty stadiums they had full plans and didnt realise that the crowd wasnt there and now that is a compliment said sanjogit is a massive compliment for the entire team that has worked practically day and night to put this experience together both audio and visual there is a guy who is our primary audio producer who had to sit through 100 matches over a twomonth period to basically put together a library of audio references for different situations in a game and how the crowd reacts he added