With the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League suspended indefinitely, players from all the franchises will slowly start moving out of their respective bio-bubbles and travel back to their respective destinations. It won’t be an easy task for the foreign players as they have to travel via other routes and complete their quarantine duties before leaving for their country.
The Australian players and support staffs might have to fly off to the Maldives or Sri Lanka in order to reach home. Only last week the Australian government banned travellers from India atleast till 15th May.
While the IPL Hasn’t been cancelled yet, it looks highly unlikely it will return anytime soon this summer. Before leaving, the Rajasthan Royals posted a video on their Twitter handle where every player can be seen thanking the supporters for their support and also promised to come back stronger whenever the tournament restarts.
The second wave of COVID-19 has left India gasping for breath. Nearly four lakh cases have been reported for several days now and the death percentage is only increasing with each day. The IPL was one of the sources of entertainment for the people in these tumultuous times but with the virus breaching respective bio-bubbles it was almost impossible for the BCCI to continue with the tournament.
Coming to Rajasthan Royals there are occupying the 5th position in the points table. While they have been below par in quite a few matches, they have come out triumphant on a few occasions courtesy individual brilliance. In the last match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, it was on the back of a special knock from Jos Buttler that RR managed to thrash SRH by 55 runs.