Washington Sundar's Father Staying Away From Son To Minimize Risk Of Covid

Washington Sundar's father, M Sundar, has been staying away from his son to minimize the risk of contraction from the coronavirus which might hamper the young all-rounder's chance to travel to England next month. 

Indian players are all set to reunite once again in Mumbai where they will be in quarantine for 10 days before leaving for the UK to play the World Test Championship(WTC) Final and then five test matches against England in August. BCCI has set the guidelines for the squad to have two negative reports of the Covid test on reaching Mumbai on 19th May. If any player is tested positive then it will be the end of the tour for him/her. 

Sundar's father works in the income tax department in Chennai and has to go to the office two-three times a week which makes him vulnerable to catch the virus. While the 21-year-old allrounder is selected to go to England, his father has decided to stay away from him since Sundar has returned from IPL. 

"Since Washington returned home from the IPL, I have been staying in another house. My wife and daughter are staying with Washington since they don’t step out of the house. I am only seeing him on video calls. I am having to go to office a few days in a week. I don’t want him to contract Covid because of me,” M Sundar told The New Indian Express. 

"He has always wanted to play at Lord’s and at other venues in England. It has been a long-standing aim of his. He doesn’t want to miss out on this tour at any cost,"  he added. 

Washington Sundar had been picked to tour England with India in 2018 in the limited-overs series but suffered an injury because of which he had to return home without playing a game. Sundar, however, since then has made his mark with impactful contributions for India in both white-ball cricket as well as in Test matches.