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Australian players Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa announced to pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) and will be returning to Australia. The announcement came a day after RCB suffered their first defeat of the season against CSK.

“Adam Zampa & Kane Richardson are returning to Australia for personal reasons and will be unavailable for the remainder of #IPL2021. Royal Challengers Bangalore management respects their decision and offers them complete support.” RCB tweeted.

Another Aussie star Andrew Tye became the second player to leave the tournament stating personal reasons due to covid-19 surge. Tye's team-mate Liam Livingstone also returned to England citing "bubble fatigue".

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) on Monday reported that many Australian players are ‘nervous about securing safe passage back home after the [Scott] Morrison government (Australian government) reduced the number of incoming passengers allowed from India’.

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also pulled out the Indian Premier League to support his family during the Covid-19 pandemic.