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Mustafizur on quarantining during IPL 2021: We were locked in a room for 5-6 days
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 5/12/2021 1:34:40 PM
New Delhi, May 11 Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman described the difficulties of living in isolation and in bio-bubbles for long periods of time over the last few months as he travelled to New Zealand and India to play cricket. Mustafizur is currently quarantining in his home country after returning from India where he was plying his trade for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the IPL 2021 mid-way into the 14th season on May 4 after 4 players, 2 support staff and a bus cleaner tested positive for Covid-19. 2 more players and a coaching staff member contracted the virus after the suspension. The players, coaching staff and officials of all the franchises went into hard quarantine as soon as the virus breached the tournament's bio-bubble. Most of the players have since returned home, Mustafizur himself left with his Bangladesh teammate and Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in a private plane that was chartered by their franchises. “It is very tiring (living continuously in the biobubble) and it is getting difficult day-by-day. Hotel room and venue... how long can you enjoy the same routine?