India RCB leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has revealed that he would have taken a break from the Indian Premier League 2021 had the tournament not been cancelled.
“I was planning to take a break from the IPL when I heard the news of my parents getting infected. It was difficult to focus on the game while your parents were alone at home,” Yuzvendra Chahal told India Today in an interview.
The leggie further added that his father’s oxygen level had gone down and he hospitalised.
“They tested positive on May 3, and a couple of days later, the tournament got postponed…My father’s oxygen level dropped to 85-86, and we had to shift him to the hospital. He had returned home yesterday, but his results are still positive.” “However, the good thing is that his oxygen level is around 95-96, which is quite a sigh of relief for us. It will take him another 7-10 days to recover,” he added.
The IPL 2021 was finally suspended on May 4 after there were Covid-19 positive cases within the franchises. KKR’s Sandeep Warrior and Varun Chakravarthy, SRH’s Wriddhiman Saha, DC’s Amit Mishra and CSK’s bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and later batting coach Mike Hussey had tested positive for Covid-19.
RCB were having a decent run in the IPL 2021 with five wins and 10 points under their belt from 7 matches before the cash-rich league was suspended. The BCCI though had cleared that the tournament has only been put to halt and hasn’t been cancelled.