Chris Morris Recalls the Panic Moment In Rajasthan Royals Camp

 

Veteran South Africa as well as Rajasthan Royals (RR) all-rounder Chris Morris has recently remembered the panic situation in the RR camp. And, now he is “relieved” to return his home safely after seeing a “chaos” in the camp once players started affecting by the global pandemic novel COVID-19 in the IPL bio-bubble. Morris, along with his other South African players has returned home safely, after the IPL was suspended with immediate effect for an indefinite time period.

He again revealed that they got to know about Kolkata Knight Riders players Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier got infected in the camp which ceated a buzz among them as well.

“Look, obviously I’m relieved,” Morris, who is now undergoing a 10-day mandatory quarantine period at home, said to iol.co.za. “The moment we heard that, when players are testing positive, inside the bubble, then everyone starts asking questions. The alarm bells definitely started going off for all of us.”

“By Monday when they postponed that game (between Kolkata and Royal Challengers Bangalore), we knew the tournament was under pressure to continue,” he again shared.

After Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrior, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s wicketkeeper-batsman Wridhimman Saha and Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra has also been tested positive by the deadly virus which led the board to take the decision of postponing the cash-rich T20 league as well. Along with this, Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach L Balaji and batting coach Michael Hussey have also been infected by the virus.

“I was chatting to our team doctor, whose room was across the hallway from my mine in the hotel, and Kumar (Sangakarra, the Royals’ head coach) came around the corner, and drew his finger across his throat, and then we knew it was over. And then it was chaos! The England guys especially were panicking because they needed to isolate in hotels in England first, and apparently there weren’t any rooms,” said Chris Morris.

However, the cash-rich league faced a lot of criticisms as it was taking place during a tough time of the global pandemic COVID-19 which has been infecting more than 3 lakhs people daily and more than 3000 people are losing their lives every day here as well.

“For me, this was always a two-fold thing on the one hand we’re playing a tournament, all happy and smiling in a bubble, while outside so many people are suffering,” Chris Morris added. “On the flip side of it, there was the fact that by playing, we were ensuring people actually stayed at home, watched us and at least had something to smile about or something else to think about – even if it was being unhappy with how we played in a game – for three hours each night.”

 

Follow Cricadium  Stats, Latest Cricket News, Live Cricket Score  and Today Match Prediction Stay updated Indian cricket team with all the cricketing roster, records, history & action.