CA Interim CEO Nick Hockley Grateful To BCCI For Helping Australia Players Reaching Home Safely
Nick Hockley
|| India Correspondent ||
Cricket Australia's interim CEO Nick Hockley on Monday shared that he is grateful to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as they ensured Australian players safety after the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) got postponed owing to the surge of COVID-19 cases.
However, Australian players were shifted to the Maldives and they have reached their homes safely on Monday as well. Players and support staff had to stay in the Maldives as Australia imposed a ban on their travel from India until May 15 as well.
Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting coach Michael Hussey who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 in India is likely to reach Australia on Monday via a separate flight as well.
"We're delighted. We're really grateful to the BCCI for getting them home quickly and safely. I haven't spoken to them since they've landed, but obviously we've been in text exchange and I'm sure they'll be very relieved and very appreciative to be home," Sydney Morning Herald quoted Nick Hockley as saying.
On the other hand, the ball-tampering scandal has once again come into the limelight after Cameron Bancroft has suggested that more than three people (Bancroft, Warner and Smith) had knowledge about that as well. But when Nick asked whether he has heard what Bancroft has said, Hockley denied it as well.
However, Hockley was seen hopeful about Australia's upcoming limited-overs series against West Indies as well.
"We plan each tour as we go. We've got a bit of time now before West Indies. International cricket will need to support each other, we've seen last summer, with India coming here, what a great series that was, and we're committed to supporting other cricketing nations around the world," concluded Hockley.
