Australia and Rajasthan Royals pacer Andrew Tye determined to depart halfway from the IPL as he feared getting “locked out” of his personal nation within the wake of a COVID-19 surge in India and claimed that some of his compatriots within the league are contemplating the identical step.
Tye mentioned he determined to depart on Sunday after getting to know in regards to the mounting quarantine circumstances from India in his hometown Perth. The 34-year-old had not acquired a recreation with the Royals thus far and his contract with the franchise was value Rs one crore.
“There was a number of reasons, but the main one was with the situation that has started to happen back home in Perth with a lot of cases in hotel quarantine coming out of India,” Tye informed ‘SEN radio’ from Doha on Monday.
“Now there’s been a community case in Perth, governments are trying to restrict numbers coming back in, especially Western Australia.”
The bubble fatigue was additionally an element, mentioned Tye.
“I just thought to try and get on the front foot and get home before I got locked out of the country. It’s been a long time in bubbles and hubs – doing the calculations earlier, think I’ve had 11 days at home out of the bubble since August, so for me I just wanted to get home.”
Getting out of India is changing into harder by the day with many nations imposing a journey ban, together with the UK and New Zealand.
Australia has additionally lowered flights by 30 per cent and there might be extra restrictions with India reporting greater than 3 lakh circumstances per day over the previous one week.
Leading Australian cricketers together with David Warner, Steve Smith and Pat Cummins are half of the IPL. Tye claimed quite a bit of the Australian gamers are eager to take the primary flight again house.
“There’s definitely concerns (from the Australians). A lot of guys have been in touch today once they realized I was leaving. Some of the guys are very interested in what route I took home and other guys are just happy to make sure I’m okay. Not sure if I’ll be the only one.”
“They are having over 300,000 cases a day and they are only the ones being reported, we know there’s probably a lot more than that number who can’t get tested.
“Yes, the IPL and BCCI have done an amazing job of keeping us safe but at the same time it’s tough and you also feel bad for the amount of people out there with COVID and we are still able to play cricket,” mentioned Tye, who has performed seven ODIs and 28 T20s for Australia.
Tye is the second participant from the Royals squad to depart house citing bubble fatigue and COVID-19 issues after Englishman Liam Livingstone, who left earlier than the journey ban from India got here into impact.
Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association additionally issued a joint assertion on Monday, saying that they’re monitoring the scenario.
“Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association remain in regular contact with Australian players, coaches and commentators taking part in the Indian Premier League, which is being conducted under strict bio-security protocols,” they mentioned.
“We will continue to listen to feedback from those on the ground in India and the advice of the Australian Government. Our thoughts are with the people of India at this difficult time.”
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