IPL 2021
Chetan Sakariya Loses His Father To COVID-19
By SMCS - May 9, 2021 2:32 pm
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Rajasthan Royals’ young pace bowler Chetan Sakariya has faced another loss in real life. He lost his father Kanjibhai Sakariya, who passed away due to the global pandemic novel COVID-19 at a private hospital in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar on Sunday.

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However, as per the report, it happened after a day the cricketer visited his father at the hospital. However, his father, who was a tempo driver, was on the ventilator after his health deteriorated as well. Meanwhile, the rookie pacer has lost his brother Rahul, who committed suicide a few months ago just before the mini-auction of IPL 2021.

Meanwhile, it was also reported that Chetan Sakariya had received the call last week about the illness of his father and he transferred his IPL salary to help his family.

“I was lucky because I had received my part payment from Rajasthan Royals a few days ago. I straight away transferred money back home, and that is helping my family the most in my toughest time,” Sakariya told The Indian Express.

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Meanwhile, after returning from the now-suspended Indian Premier League 2021, Chetan Sakariya spends most of his time at the hospital with his father, who was also a diabetic patient as well. Meanwhile, Sakariya expected that the rest of the cash-rich league to happen soon as he wants to see his father recover soon and wants to build a new house for his family too.

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Mustafizur Rahman bowled a brilliant spell

“I am the only member in my community who has earned so much. My mother doesn’t know how many zeros are there in crores. Our first priority is to see my father back and then build that home. For that, IPL should happen,” Chetan Sakariya concluded.

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As far as the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League is concerned, the BCCI and the IPL governing council has decided to call off the tournament for an indefinite time period after many players got infected by the coronavirus inside the bio-bubble.

It started with Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep warrior and later Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach L Balaji, SunRisers Hyderabad’s Wriddhiman Saha and Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra too joined in the infected players’ list which led the board to take the decision to call it off now.