The worried wife of Australian fast bowler Jason Behrendorff has spoken out after copping a barrage of hate panduan judi online by vile trolls.
The left-arm fast bowler was stranded in covid-ravaged India after winning a contract to play for the Chennai Super Kings, but has now fled along with three dozen other Australian players, coaches, commentators and umpires to the safety of the Maldives.
Juvelle Behrendorff told the that over the past few days her social media messages have been filled with vicious comments saying they hope her husband Jason catches the virus.
Juvelle Behrendorff, the worried wife of Australian fast bowler Jason (pictured together) has spoken out after copping a barrage of hate by vile panduan judi online trolls
At the moment there is a travel ban in place for anyone travelling from India, meaning 9000 Australian citizens and permanent residents remain trapped in the Covid hellhole as total cases surge past 25 million.
Many have accused the well-paid Australian cricketers of queue-jumping their way out of a country they knew would be dangerous.
But Mrs Behrendorff said the players were told by Cricket Australia it would be safe in the IPL’s player bubble.
However, those assurances crumbled after multiple cricketers testing positive within the opening weeks, leading to the lucrative competition being abandoned.
‘They need to get out of India as the biosecurity bubble is no longer and they are going to be left to fend for themselves,’ she said.
‘They aren’t jumping the queue and they aren’t asking the Australian Government to pay for any special flights or anything.The players are willing to do whatever the Government wants them to do and just sit in a line and wait.
‘Once they complete two weeks of quarantine in the Maldives they will follow the same application process like all Australians have to get home.’
Jason Behrendorff is pictured at New Deli Airport in full hazmat gear before heading to the Maldives
Workers in India carry the body of a person who has died of the Covid-19 coronavirus disease as other funeral pyres are seen burning during a mass cremation held at a crematorium
Mrs Behrendorff had a thriving styling business before it was decimated by the pandemic and the couple have two young children to support.
She said her husband is a full-time cricketer who plays the game to keep a ‘roof over our heads’ so the decision was made to go after they were told it was be safe.
Although Behrendorff is a star Twenty20 player who represented Australia, among the world’s biggest names in the IPL he isn’t a ‘big paid player’ getting the million-dollar contracts that some others are.
Cricket Australia announced on Thursday that a 38-strong cohort of Aussie players, coaches, commentators, umpires and support staff left India and will now remain in the Maldives until the travel ban from India is lifted after May 15.
The organisation also said that some of the sport’s biggest names, including David Warner, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis and Ricky Ponting, are not seeking exemptions to bypass travel bans from the Australian government.
They will spend at least 10 days in Maldives before quarantining for another 14 days upon returning to Australia on a charter flight organised by Indian cricket’s governing body.