The Australian contingent is currently quarantining in the Maldives after the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 crisis in India.
Like other 37 Australians, Jason Behrendorff – who was to play for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL 2021 – has also found a safe roof over his heads in the Maldives until the travel restrictions imposed by Australian Government for arrivals from COVID-19 hit India are lifted on May 15.
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The Australian cricketers, coaches, and commentators featuring in the IPL 14 are quarantining in the Maldives for 10 days, and then they will be sent back to their country on chartered flights arranged by the Board for Cricket in India (BCCI). However, they will also have to spend another quarantine period of 14 days upon arriving in Australia before meeting their family at home.
Jason’s decision to take cover in the Maldives hasn’t gone down well with the netizens, as around 9000 Australians are stranded in India, where the second wave of the deadly Coronavirus is wreaking havoc all over the country. After the Aussie pacer’s departure to the Maldives, his wife Juvelle Behrendorff had to face hate comments on social media.
Reacting to the same, Juvelle said Australia’s IPL 14-bound have to get out of India as the bio-bubble was breached while mentioning they aren’t asking the Australian Government to pay for any special flights or other exceptions as the players will come home according to the government’s rules.
Juvelle was quoted as saying to the West Australian: “They need to get out of India as the biosecurity bubble is no longer and they are going to be left to fend for themselves.”
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Mrs. Behrendorff further explained, “They aren’t jumping the queue and they aren’t asking the Australian Government to pay for any special flights or anything. The players are willing to do whatever the Government wants them to do and just sit in a line and wait.”
She concluded, “Once they complete two weeks of quarantine in the Maldives, they will follow the same application process like all Australians has to get home.”
Juvelle signed off by saying that her husband plays cricket to keep a “roof over our heads” as her styling business is struggling ever since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out across the world and they have to take care of their two young children as well.
