IPL 2021: Australian Players Adam Zampa And Kane Richardson Of RCB, Pull Out Of Tournament
IPL 2021: Royal Challengers Bangalore players Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson will return to Australia for personal reasons, the team said on Monday.
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India is enduring a tough phase in the pandemic, with around 3.5 lakh daily Covid-19 cases and inadequate medical facilities. Sunday (April 25) saw 3.54 lakh new cases with over 2800 deaths.
Richardson and Zampa became the second and third Australians to leave the IPL following the Rajasthan Royals' Andrew Tye's departure on Sunday. Tye has flown back to Australia to avoid the risk of not being able to return home because of the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
“Adam Zampa & Kane Richardson are returning to Australia for personal reasons and will be unavailable for the remainder of IPL season. Royal Challengers Bangalore offers complete support to them in all the possible way we can,” Virat Kohli’s RCB said in a statement on Monday (April 26).
Tye, who was with the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, flew to Sydney on Sunday via Mumbai and Doha, citing the "stress of bubble life" and concerns about borders closing in Australia.
“I just thought I should try and get on the front foot and get home before I got locked out of the country,” Tye told Australian radio station SEN. “I think I`ve had 11 days at home and out of the bubble since August. There’s definitely concerns,” Tye added. “A lot of guys have been in touch today once they’ve realised I was leaving.
On Sunday, Delhi Capitals off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin decided to take a break from the IPL to help his family and extended family, who are "putting up a fight against Covid-19."
While Zampa was yet to feature for RCB this season, Richarson played one match and picked up one wicket.
After the first 20 matches played in Chennai and Mumbai, the IPL caravan has moved to Ahmedabad and Delhi for the next leg of games.
Incidentally New Delhi is one of the worst-affected cities in terms of Covid-19 caseload.
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