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IPL 2021: Arrange flight to bring players home after tournament, Chris Lynn requests Cricket Australia

Press Trust of India • April 27, 2021, 13:08:04 IST
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As many as 14 Australian players still remain in the event, including Steve Smith (Delhi Capitals), David Warner (SunRisers Hyderabad) and Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) as well as coach Ricky Ponting (DC) and Simon Katich (RCB).

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IPL 2021: Arrange flight to bring players home after tournament, Chris Lynn requests Cricket Australia

New Delhi: Mumbai Indians batsman Chris Lynn has requested Cricket Australia to arrange a chartered flight to take its players home from COVID-ravaged India after the IPL is over and revealed that his franchise will get all members of the team vaccinated next week. Three Australian players - Andrew Tye , Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa - have withdrawn from the league amid the escalating health crisis due to the pandemic’s second wave in the country. On Monday, Cricket Australia had enquired about the health and travel plans of the IPL players. [caption id=“attachment_9569211” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] ![Chris Lynn of Mumbai Indians and Rohit Sharma captain of Mumbai Indians opening batsman for the Mumbai Indians during match 1 of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2021 between Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on the 9th April 2021. Photo by Sandeep Shetty / Sportzpics for IPL](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Chris-Lynn-MI-IPL-Sportzpics-640.jpg) Mumbai Indians batsman Chris Lynn has requested Cricket Australia to arrange flights to bring players home after IPL ends. Sportzpics[/caption] “I texted back that as Cricket Australia make 10 per cent of every IPL contract was there a chance we could spend that money this year on a charter flight once the tournament is over?” Lynn told News Corp media. The league matches will end on 23 May, followed by the qualifiers (25, 28 May) and eliminator (26 May) and the final (30 May) - all scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad. “I know there are people worse off than us. But we are going from a really tight bubble and are getting vaccinated next week so hopefully the government will let us get home on a private charter. “We are not asking for shortcuts and we signed up knowing the risks. But it would be great to get home as soon as the event is over.” India will open vaccination for all above 18 from 1 May and the Reliance group, which owns Mumbai Indians, has already announced that it will facilitate vaccination of all its staff members and their dependent family members. As many as 14 Australian players still remain in the event, including Steve Smith (Delhi Capitals), David Warner (SunRisers Hyderabad) and Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) as well as coach Ricky Ponting (DC) and Simon Katich (RCB). India is witnessing an unprecedented second wave of the pandemic with more than 3 lakh daily new cases being reported in the past few days, which has crippled the country’s health care system. “Obviously India is in chaos at the moment. But we are at least giving people something to smile about by playing the tournament,” Lynn said. Mumbai Indians will take on Rajasthan Royals on Thursday at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. While some Australian players have returned home, their New Zealand counterparts have no such plans. “There’s no doubt they’re certainly anxious about what’s happening in India and what they’re witnessing,” New Zealand Cricket Players Association chief executive Heath Mills said. “But they feel well looked-after by their IPL franchises and safe in their bubbles.”

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