The IPL 2021 was suspended halfway through due to covid-19. Following this announcement, the foreign cricketers participating in the event were set to depart from the country. But not everyone was as lucky.
The Australian cricketers could not head back home directly due to the travel ban imposed by the Australian government. As a result, the players had to fly to the Maldives and quarantine there. Eventually, they flew to Australia on May 17. But they had to undergo a 14-day quarantine once again.
David Warner, who is currently in a contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, reunited with his wife Candice Warner and two daughters on May 31. Pocket dynamite, as Warner is fondly called, spoke about his ‘terrifying’ experience in India.
You know, it was terrifying – David Warner
“I think it really hit home when everyone saw that piece on the TV about what was happening in India with the oxygen. You know, people on the streets lining up to cremate their family members and we did see that a couple of times going to and from the grounds. Open fields and stuff. You know, it was terrifying. And it was just really upsetting from a humanitarian point of view,” Warner said.
David Warner who was talking about the suspension of the IPL reasoned that the best decision was made considering the crisis in the country. He also stated that the whole situation was challenging.
“It was challenging. We had to get out of there ASAP. We were there (in the Maldives) with other people, and they were there for the same reasons — getting out of India, trying to get to their countries as well because pretty much everyone was locked out of their country who had been into India,” he said.
David Warner is now back at home spending some quality time with his family. The opener’s next assignment with the national team will be in West Indies the following month. He will have a point to prove after a sub-standard showing in the first phase of IPL 2021.
