Mumbai: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday said he needed to go away the IPL halfway as nearly everybody in his household obtained contaminated with COVID-19 and he had sleepless nights worrying about their security whereas he was taking part in within the T20 competitors.
Eventually, the IPL was suspended after multiples circumstances have been reported in its bio-bubble.
“Almost everyone from my place had got affected due to Covid. In fact, few of my cousins also got admitted and were serious and they somehow recovered,” said Ashwin on his Youtube channel.
“I couldn’t sleep for almost 8-9 days. Since I couldn’t sleep, it was really stressful for me. I was playing matches without getting any sleep. And since I found it really taxing, I had to quit IPL and go home midway.” Â
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“In fact, when I left, around that time, I had thoughts on whether I will be able to play cricket thereafter. But still, I did what was required at that point of time.”
The premier India spinner said he was contemplating returning to the IPL as his relations began getting higher however the match was finally suspended.Â
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“I thought there won’t be any cricket for some time. Even IPL got postponed. In between, when people in my house started recovering, I thought of coming back into the IPL and that’s when IPL was called off,” he added.
Ashwin is at the moment serving his 14-day quarantine with the Indian workforce forward of the UK tour comprising the World Test Championship remaining towards New Zealand and 5 Tests towards England.Â
