IPL 2021: Match referee Manu Nayyar pulls out of the tournament after his mother's demise

With the rising cases of coronavirus across the country, there has been extreme pressure on the healthcare system. Several people are suffering and it is having an effect on the overall situation in the country. The situation has led to a certain number of people exiting the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, which has been currently going on in Ahmedabad and New Delhi. 

Now, match referee Manu Nayyar has decided to pull out of the IPL 2021, after his mother passed away in a tragic way. The 56-year-old has hence decided to exit the bio-secure bubble for the match officials. He was in Ahmedabad, for the second leg of the cash-rich league, but had to go back to Delhi after he received the news. 

Nayyar was involved in the match between the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Delhi Capitals (DC) on Tuesday, April 27. Virat Kohli and co. won that match by just one run in a nail-biting finish. Nayyar left the bubble the day after as his mother passed away in her sleep. 

“It happened last night as she didn’t wake up in the morning. Manu Nayyar left the bubble and is in Delhi today. We are not sure if he will join the bubble again,” an IPL source close to the development said according to Indian Express. For now, it can’t be said whether Nayyar will join again for this season of the IPL. As a matter of fact, if he does decide to come back then he will have to serve a mandatory seven days quarantine period. 

Nayyar was a player for Delhi between 1986 and 1994 season in domestic cricket. He became a match referee in 2017. He was the referee in five of the matches in this season of the IPL 2021 so far, which included officiating in four matches of the Mumbai leg. 

Nitin Menon also pulled out of IPL 2021

Earlier, umpire Nitin Menon also pulled out of the tournament after his mother and wife got tested positive for COVID. It was informed that there is a small child at home, who needs to be taken care of, because of which Menon left the IPL in the middle. Australian umpire Paul Reiffel also wanted to leave the tournament and got stranded with no flights to his country. He will now travel with other Australians who are involved in the league as players, coaches, or media personnel. 

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