Star spinner Ashwin on Sunday decided to take a break from the ongoing IPL to support his family during the pandemicIndia off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi Narayanan on Friday said her family has been through a "nightmare of a week" after as many as 10 members of the house tested positive for COVID-19. Star spinner Ashwin on Sunday decided to take a break from the ongoing IPL to support his family during the pandemic. Days after her husband's pullout from the lucrative league, Prithi, in a series of tweets, shared the ordeal her family has faced after contracting the highly contagious virus. Nightmare of a week. Ashwin became the first Indian to pull out of the league because of COVID-19 situation in the family.

Source: The Hindu April 30, 2021 16:46 UTC