IPL 2021 suspended due to Covid-19 crisis: Overseas players likely to start returning home from May 5
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Several top international cricketers are scrambling to return home after the BCCI suspended IPL 2021 indefinitely on Tuesday due to the worsening Covid-19 crisis in India.
The overseas players participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 are likely to start returning home from May 5 (Wednesday) after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the T20 tournament due to the growing Covid-19 crisis in the country. The Indian cricket board's decision came just hours after Sunrisers Hyderabad wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha and Delhi Capitals leg-spinner Amit Mishra became the latest additions in the list of players who tested positive for Covid-19 during IPL 2021. Kolkata Knight Riders duo Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier, Chennai Super Kings bowling coach L Balaji and a bus cleaner had contracted the virus on Monday (May 3). The tournament had already lost 5 players - Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals), Liam Livingstone (RR), Kane Richardson (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Adam Zampa (RCB) and Ravichandran Ashwin (DC) - who left the IPL bio-bubble citing personal reasons.More Related News