IPL 2021: Adam Zampa cites bubble fatigue and safety as the reasons to leave RCB camp

Adam Zampa has discussed the reasons behind leaving the Indian Premier League 2021 mid-way. According to the Australian leg-spinner, there were a couple of factors that attributed to this decision and Kane Richardson, another Royal Challengers Bangalore player, and Zampa’s fellow countryman, to leave the tournament. 

In an interaction, Zampa revealed that he felt that the situation in India with the COVID-19 is dire. He admitted that he wasn’t finding motivation as he wasn’t even playing any of the matches. Zampa said that there was bubble fatigue and he also wanted to get back home. Once he got the news that flights from India were starting to get canceled, he decided that it was the best time to take the decision. 

He further gave a counterargument to the people who feel that the matches are giving some happiness. “Someone who has a family member on their deathbed probably doesn’t care about the cricket,” Zampa told The Age and the Herald. Furthermore, Zampa also said that he didn’t feel completely safe in the bio-secure bubble in India. 

Adam Zampa feels IPL 2021 should have been held in the UAE

“We’ve been in a few [bubbles] now, and I feel like this is probably the most vulnerable,” he said. “I just feel like because it’s India, we’re always being told about the hygiene over here and being extra careful … I just felt like it was the most vulnerable. The IPL that was held in Dubai six months ago didn’t feel that way at all. I felt like that was extremely safe,” Zampa told. 

The Aussie leg-spinner further went on to suggest that the IPL  2021 should have been held once again in the UAE. He also made a comment that there is a T20 World Cup in India later this year and it will be interesting to see how that pans out. 

He ended by saying that leaving the tournament was a big loss financially, but had to be done to keep his mental health first. “I feel like for leaving anyone leaving halfway through a tournament, it’s definitely a financial sacrifice. But from my point of view I wanted to put my mental health first,” Zampa said.

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