The veteran Indian off-spinner, R Ashwin, who was recently plying his trade for the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 revealed that he wondered if he would be able to play cricket again when he decided to take a break during the 14th edition of the league to be with his COVID-19 affected family.
Ashwin had left the IPL 201 after some of the members of his family tested positive for the virus. His wife Prithi later revealed that 10 members of his family, including children, got infected with the virus.
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Describing the same in a recent video on his Youtube channel, R Ashwin said, “Almost everyone from my place had got affected due to COVID. In fact, a few of my cousins also got admitted and were serious and they somehow recovered. I couldn’t sleep for almost 8-9 days. Since I couldn’t sleep, it was really stressful for me. I was playing matches without getting any sleep. And since I found it really taxing, I had to quit IPL and go home midway.”
He further added, “In fact, when I left, around that time, I had thoughts on whether I will be able to play cricket thereafter. But still, I did what was required at that point in time. I thought there won’t be any cricket for some time. Even IPL got postponed. In between, when people in my house started recovering, I thought of coming back into the IPL and that’s when IPL was called off.”
Before leaving IPL 2021, R Ashwin had played five matches, but only managed to take one wicket while maintaining a decent economy rate of 7.73, which was not bad given he played a bulk of his matches in batting-friendly Mumbai. Ashwin revealed that he has completed two doses of COVID-19 vaccination.
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Talking about the same, R Ashwin said, “I had taken COVAXIN. I completed it two days before the game against SRH. I took it when it was available. Please take your vaccines when it becomes available.”
