Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi reveals Corona crisis in family

Chennai: India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin's wife Prithi has posted on social media on the ordeal of her family in dealing with Covid-19 as 10 persons in her family had tested positive for the virus. Ashwin has had to take a break from IPL 2021 to support his family in the fight against Covid-19  which has already claimed over 200,000 lives in India and more than three million globally.

Prithi said six adults and four children had contracted the virus in her family and the children were "the vehicles of transmission".

She said that the family members were down with the virus in different cities and hospitals.

She urged people to get vaccinated and give themselves "the best chance to fight" the virus.

"I guess physical health will recover faster than mental health. Days 5-8 were the absolute worst for me. Everybody was there, offering help yet there's no one with you. Most

isolating disease. Please do reach out and seek help," she said.

Several cricketers at the IPL bubble and outside have tested positive over the past two months, including Ashwin's Delhi Capitals teammate Axar Patel, Royal Challengers

Bangalore's Devdutt Padikkal and former India captain Sachin Tendulkar among others.

Ashwin married Prithi in 2011. The couple has two daughters.