VVS Laxman Remembers the ‘Unrest’ Situation in SRH Camp

 


Former India cricketer and the mentor of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) VVS Laxman, has recently shared the incidents of the camp when the news of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji and CEO Kasi Viswanathan had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus came in the news. Laxman said that the ‘apprehensions mounted’ once SRH camp received the news.

“We had full confidence in the protocols that had been put in place even when we moved from one city to another, but once we learnt of the positive tests in the KKR and CSK camp, our apprehensions mounted,” he wrote in his column in TOI. “We [SRH] had just finished a match against CSK and several of us caught up with old friends, so there was understandable anxiety and unrest until the test results were out.”

The veteran, who can be seen in the dugout along with SRH players, has shared that he has no idea how their wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha got infected by the deadly virus. He further added that Wriddhi was about to play the match against Rajasthan Royals but he felt ‘under the weather.’

“Wriddhi was slated to play Sunday’s match against Rajasthan Royals but felt a little under the weather on Saturday night. We immediately placed him in isolation and, despite our prayers, he returned a positive test. We are still wondering how, despite taking all precautions, Wriddhi got infected,” Laxman again shared.

However, the former batting great backed the decision of postponing the cash-rich league as he believed that the health and safety of players and others staff should be the first priority during this tough situation.

“Unfortunate as it might appear, the right decision was taken to suspend the IPL following the breach of bio-secure bubbles of four franchises across two cities,” he expressed.

However, the 2021 edition of IPL got postponed after several players got affected by Covid-19 despite being in the bio-bubble in multiple cities like Ahmedabad and New Delhi as well. It started with two Kolkata Knight Riders players Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier who have tested positive and then three support staff of CSK reported positive following Amit Mishra and Wriddhiman Saha who eventually tested positives too that led to the cancellation of the tournament for the time being with immediate effect.

 

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