Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey was eagerly waiting to play for the Delhi Capitals and spend time along with the former Australia captain and great player Ricky Ponting but the Australian wicket-keeper batsman now feels that he is not going to get the opportunity this year as the 13th edition of Indian Premier League has indefinitely postponed due to the outbreak of global pandemic novel coronavirus.

Alex Carey, who was about to make his IPL debut with Delhi team this year, said only time can tell whether the T20 World Cup and the IPL can take place this year amid the COVID-19 outbreak across the globe.

"At this stage it's looking likely that (IPL) might not go ahead," Carey was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia on Friday. “It would be nice to be in Delhi playing cricket - it was my first time selected to be part of the IPL. I'm still really positive.”

"I'm sure the world will move in the way we want it to, and there's still that hope later in the season the IPL will go ahead and the (men's T20) World Cup (scheduled for Australia), but we'll wait and see," he again added.

As the countries are under the lockdown, all the sportspersons and other people are staying at home in isolation. Alex Carey also currently is in isolation with his wife Eloise and 19-month-old son Louis in Adelaide. Moreover, he is also working on his wicket-keeping skills by throwing a golf ball against a wall and catching it on the rebound as well.

"I look at it as I'm healthy, safe, and getting to spend a lot of time with my family. It was a big couple of years on the cricket field, so to have to spend time at home is quite nice," the vice-captain of Australia's limited-over team concluded.

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