Indian umpire Nitin menon out of Ipl 2021 due to personal reason.

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 03:31 PM

Indian umpire Nitin menon out of Ipl 2021 due to personal reason.

Indian umpire Nitin Menon is the latest person to pull out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 due to personal reasons.

His Australian counterpart Paul Reiffel failed to return to Australia due to a travel ban. Menon has joined Ravichandran Ashwin (Delhi Capitals), Kane Richardson (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Adam Zampa (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals), and Liam Livingstone (Rajasthan Royals) in the list of people to have pulled out of the tournament amid the growing COVID-19 crisis in India.

It is believed that Menon, who is the only Indian in ICC's Elite Panel of umpires, had to leave the IPL 2021 bio-secure bubble and return home to Indore after his wife and mother tested positive for COVID-19, according to reports. Yes, Nitin has left as his immediate family members have COVID-19 and he is currently not in a mental state to conduct games.

Meanwhile, in Reiffel's case, the Australian government's imposition of a travel ban on flights to and from India amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the country has led to him being unable to leave the bubble after initial information suggested that he has made the move.