And IMO they have every right to get ready for any possible scenario, considering the fact IPL alone create 1000s of job every year.
I highly doubt that, I believe China are not telling the world the truth with the amount of cases they have and how many new cases are popping up daily. As we know the T20 world cup is played later this year in Australia and right now the AFL is going ahead as they don't want to clash with the world cup so its going to be interesting to see what happens if the AFL is stopped due to the virus and what will happen with the T20 world cup as it might be pushed back which in a way should be okay as it will be the start of the Australian summer.
Everyone is hoping the same that the situation should normalise before the starting of the tournament. The government has put in a lot of efforts in containing the situation and hopefully everything will be at normal very soon.
Is it possible for IPL to be rescheduled in the month of May. I feel by that time the situation will be under control?
I agree that a lot of this is for fear and scaring people however this has a big affect on sports. I do hope that the T20 world cup goes ahead but a lot relies on the football season in Australia because if there is a case of the virus with any player the season will stop and the finals may get pushed back which then would put a delay on the T20 world cup. I think that is why the football season in Australia has been shortened from 23 games to 17 games just in case the season is stopped and then hopefully there is enough time to finish the season before the start of the world cup.