New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert broke down in tears on Tuesday (May 25) as he recalled fearing the worst after testing optimistic for COVID-19 in India following the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) suspension. Seifert, who had been with IPL facet Kolkata Knight Riders, was unable to exit India with different New Zealand cricketers after he returned a optimistic check and have become the final overseas participant left in the nation.
Now again in New Zealand, Seifert mentioned his ‘heart sank straight away’ when a crew official instructed him of his optimistic check. “The world kind of stops a little bit,” he instructed reporters in a video name from lodge quarantine in Auckland. “I just couldn’t really think what was next. And that was the scary part of it. “You hear about the bad things, and I thought that was going to happen to me.”
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Seifert was then overcome with emotion on the decision and wanted a second to compose himself earlier than happening. “The news (in India) is all about a lack of oxygen, you don’t know if you’re going to be in that situation,” he mentioned. “It’s just the whole unknown of what COVID is, how you’re going to react to it.”
The IPL was performed in a bio-secure bubble earlier than it was suspended indefinitely on May 4 after gamers and workers on a number of groups contracted COVID-19. Seifert skilled solely gentle signs however the stress had proved the largest problem for him.
He mentioned the expertise had not turned him off returning to India for the T20 World Cup in October, although the worldwide match could also be in doubt if the nation is unable to beat a devastating second wave of the coronavirus.
“To be honest, the whole time while I was over there, the bubble felt good … felt safe,” he mentioned.
(with Reuters inputs)
