The serial blasts in Jaipur may take its toll on the ongoing Indian Premier League as Australian stars Shane Warne and Shane Watson and South African Graeme Smith are considering quitting the tournament, according to media reports. Rajasthan Royals' Warne, Watson, Smith and team manager Darren Berry - now holidaying in Goa - are very scared after the incident and are refusing to return to Jaipur.
They are even considering leaving India altogether.
"(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. Berry said his family members in Australia were concerned about his safety in India.
"Cricket has been good to me, but I have a wife and three kids back in Melbourne and they are less than impressed with the part of the world I am in."
Berry said Warne was also worried due to the bomb blasts that killed more than 60 people in Rajasthan's capital.
"I was talking to Warnie and asked, 'If this blast had occurred a day before we were due to fly over here, would we still have come?' He said there was no way we would have come. It is terrifying. To think I was standing in the exact location the bombs went off only two days ago...it was a couple of kilometres from the team hotel."
When some news reporters pointed out to the duo that terrorism is a global phenomenon and no place in the world is safe from it, a scared-looking Shane Warne replied, "Australia is a safest place in the world. In our country there is no danger of death from terror attacks."
Warne refused to accept that accidental deaths are a part of life. "Not in Australia. In my country, we face no terrorism, no earthquakes, floods or deadly cyclones. Australians only die from old age. Since accidents just don't happen in our country, we are never in danger of dying from accidents. In Australia, you will never see a smashed vehicle on a highway and think - If I was driving my vehicle on this highway a few hours ago when the driver of this car lost his controls on the wheels, it could have crashed into my car and killed me."
When a reporter asked what was the point in running away after the terror attack has already happened, cheekily reminding him that lightning never strikes a same place twice, Warne replied, "In Australia, lightning never strikes even once. But in India anything can happen. Even lightning can strike twice at a same place."
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Shane is ever ready to pull his pants down, he had been to Goa to recharge his batteries of course. |
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WARNE AND HIS WAYS, i would like to warn Warne that he may get killed because of his betrayals rather than disaster or tragedy LOL |
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