The veteran Australian opener, David Warner, and cricketer-turned-commentator, Michael Slater have denied all reports claiming an altercation between them at a bar in Male. The Australians are currently undergoing quarantine in the Maldives and waiting to board a flight home in a few days’ time.

According to the ‘Daily Telegraph’, Warner and Slater were involved in a late-night physical brawl after a heated argument at the Taj Coral Resort where they are in quarantine. But Warner, who captained Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) before the suspension of IPL due to multiple COVID-19 cases inside the bio-bubble, and Slater, also a former Australia opener, said: “nothing happened”.

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As per the quotes in foxpsorts.com.au, Slater said, “There is absolutely nothing to the rumor mill Buzz. Davie and I are great mates and absolutely zero chance of (having) a fight.” On the other hand, Warner had said, “There has been no drama. I don’t know where you get these things from. Unless you were here and have got concrete evidence you can’t write anything.”

Warner and Slater are in a group of 39 Australians, comprising cricketers, coaches, and support staff, to have flown to the Maldives on Thursday on a charter flight organized and paid for by the BCCI. Slater, who was commentating in the IPL, had left for Maldives earlier than the other Australian players, who are awaiting clearance to return home at the end of a travel ban Down Under on arrivals from India May 15.

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Slater garnered a lot of limelight he lambasted threats of jail time and fines for returning Australians put in place by his government as a “disgrace” and said Prime Minister Scott Morrison had “blood” on his hands. Morrison had described Slater’s comments as “absurd”.