Mumbai: Foreign players of the Jaipur IPL team have expressed their concern over participating further in the tournament following the serial blasts in the city.
"All of them, including captain-cum-coach Shane Warne, Graeme Smith, Shane Watson, and coaching director Darren Berry refused to return to Jaipur from Goa, where they are holidaying," the team's assistant coach Harish Joshi said from Jaipur. "We had a lengthy chat with them and it has been explained to them that if they don't return for the match, it would send a wrong signal on the part of the organisers."
"(However) they have agreed to return to Jaipur on Thursday," he further added.
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has ruled out a shift of venue after a series of blasts killed more than 60 people and left several others injured. The side is to host Bangalore on Saturday.
It was not known whether Modi spoke to these players individually but the franchise owner Manoj Badale, now in London, is likely to have summoned the necessary officials.
Shane Warne's brother Jason in Melbourne was also worried about the situation in India. "I saw the news on TV and we are certainly concerned. I am yet to receive a call from Shane."
Darren Berry, the team's coaching director, told an Australian paper about his and the foreign players' apprehensions on staying on in India.
"(There's) a real option of getting on the plane and getting out of here. We are not comfortable at all. This is an extremely uncomfortable situation," Berry was quoted as saying by Macquarie National News.
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