Delhi Capitals have suffered a major setback. The team’s legendary spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has withdrawn his name from IPL 2021. As per a tweet from Ashwin, many of his family members are corona infected and so he has decided to take a break from the IPL to be with the family in such difficult times.
On Sunday his team, Delhi Capitals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring thriller Super Over. Both teams scored 159 runs in 20 overs. After which the victory was decided in super over.
Ashwin tweeted and wrote that “I would be taking a break from this years IPL from tomorrow. My family and extended family are putting up a fight against #COVID19 and I want to support them during these tough times. I expect to return to play if things go in the right direction. Thank you @DelhiCapitals”
I would be taking a break from this years IPL from tomorrow. My family and extended family are putting up a fight against #COVID19 and I want to support them during these tough times. I expect to return to play if things go in the right direction. Thank you @DelhiCapitals
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— Stay home stay safe! Take your vaccine🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) April 25, 2021
After this Delhi Capitals replied “Extending our full support to you in these difficult times, @ashwinravi99 Sending you and your family all the strength and prayers from all of us at Delhi Capitals
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Extending our full support to you in these difficult times, @ashwinravi99 🤝🏽
Sending you and your family all the strength and prayers from all of us at Delhi Capitals 💙 https://t.co/JoqzDGFVdB
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 25, 2021
Ashwin has played 5 matches for Delhi Capitals this year, taking 1 wicket for 147 runs. Talking about Ashwin’s IPL career so far, he has taken 139 wickets in 159 matches. Delhi Capitals has so far won 3 out of 5 matches in this season.
The next match of Delhi Capitals is against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 27 April and the team will take the field without Ashwin.
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