The Indian Premier League 2021 was suspended indefinitely after the coronavirus breached into the bio-bubble. Kolkata Knight Riders were the first team to report positive cases from their camp. Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were the first two players to catch the virus when they left the bio-bubble to get their scans done.

The following day, Wriddhiman Saha and Amit Mishra gave positive results and the league was suspended midway with 31 games still to be played.

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Warrier opened up about his experience when he caught the virus and how team owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan made sure that someone will remain with both players once they beat the virus.

“Our team doctor, Shrikant, and our manager (Wayne Bentley) and Raju (logistics) were staying back for me and Varun. They left only after we came negative. So, we were fine,” Warrier told News18.

“After we tested positive, we had to isolate the whole team. The next day, IPL was called off. We had a virtual meeting in which everyone was asking about me and Varun,” he added.

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Further, Warrier revealed Shah Rukh Khan was in that virtual meeting and assured Varun and him about their safe travel back home.

“Shah Rukh sir also spoke to everyone saying you all will be taken back home safely and that there is nothing to worry about. For me and Varun, he was very adamant that there should be someone with us for the whole one week or 10 days after the tournament ended,” he further revealed.

“Venky (Mysore, CEO) sir also stayed back for three days.”

The remaining IPL 2021 is likely to be played in UAE as suggested by reports. BCCI is in talks with the authorities and they can stage the remaining 31 games from late September once Team India is done playing the Test series in England.