Richardson was one of 17 Australians signed up for IPL 2020, which has been postponed from its scheduled March 29 start. As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and a slew of sports events are cancelled, there is doubt if the tournament will even take place.

Richardson, who acknowledged that there were “literally 12 scenarios that could happen”, including a shortened IPL, or none at all, said on The Unplayable Podcast that he and his countrymen are waiting to hear any news from the BCCI.

“If it is [postponed till] April 15, then, in any case, 15 days are gone, it has to be a truncated one. How truncated, how many games, I can’t say at the moment,” BCCI president Sourav Ganguly told reporters.”https://t.co/ONLrKRpaEZ

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) March 16, 2020

“A lot of the blokes have opinions – ‘it’s going to get cancelled’, this and that – but again it can change in a day, it can change in a week, so I’ll just sit by the phone and get ready to play for the 15th at the moment. That’s what I’m thinking.”

The RCB signing, who had a coronavirus scare himself and had to be quarantined before his tests came back negative, isn’t averse to a short and sharp IPL 2020.

“Busy’s good in India,” he said. “Any time you get a week between games, you go a bit crazy. You want to keep playing, travelling and moving.  Maybe this is the future – a season in three weeks. Maybe we can do it.”