dubai uae one of the biggest challenges in resumption of cricket in the post coronavirusera 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 ipl players too spoke about how they would miss the constant cheers from vociferous fansread alsouniverse boss chris gayle ready to rock after strong start in iplchris gayle announced he was ready to shine with a crucial halfcentury for the kings xi punjab in his maiden innings on thursday having missed the first half of the campaign due to selection issues and sickness the former west indies captain 41 is one of the most successful batsmen in theipl 2020 trying to break the tournament into two halves says csks dwayne bravocsk are currently in the sixth position in the ipl 2020 standings with six points from eight matches the threetime champions defeated sunrisers hyderabad by 20 runs on tuesday at the dubai international stadiumipl 2020 dhoni fan paints his home yellow makes thalas portrait on walla hardcore fan of former india skipper ms dhoni in tamil nadus cuddalore district has painted his house in yellow the chennai super kings colour in the indian premier league not only the outer walls are painted in yellow but they also sport the csk logo the lion the tagline whistle podubut 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 it is an outcome of some brilliant 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 gupta but the newly appointed star india sports head refuses to take credit and calls it a complete team effortpoints table fixturesspeaking 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 unscratchedhalfway into the tournament gupta says the biggest takeaway is when people think fans have been allowed into the stadiumsi 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 now that is a complimentit is a massive compliment for the entire team that has worked practically