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Alyssa Healy Recalls Terrifying Scenes from Dharamsala: Australia’s women’s team captain Alyssa Heli has shared the incident of the night when the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was canceled between the Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamshala due to the siren ringing in neighboring cities. The match was stopped when Punjab had scored 122 runs for one wicket in 10.1 overs and the failure of the floodlight was given the initial reason.
Alyssa, wife of Australia and Delhi Capitals fast bowler Mitchell Starc, was present in the stand with family members of other players at the time. Assuming that this is a minor problem, Alyssa and others present with her remain calm first but then things got out of hand. Elisa said on the ‘Willotock’ podcast, “Some electric tower lights went down and we were just waiting there. I heard a few seats away that we may have to vacate the stadium because the power has gone down.”
He said, “And there was a large group of family and additional allied staff with us. The next minute the man who was with our group and lived with us comes in and his face turned white.” Alyssa said, “She said that we should go now. And we were saying, ‘Oh, it’s fine.’ For example, we are probably safe here to let the rest go out of the stadium and stay there.
After this, things changed rapidly and players from Punjab and Delhi were already present where they were taken. This wicketkeeper batsman said, “Then another man came out, his face had turned white, he caught a child and said, ‘We have to leave now’.
Alyssa said that it happened so fast that Faf du Plessy was in the room without shoes. He said, “The players were there. Faf did not even wear shoes. They were all waiting there and were seen under stress. I asked Mich, ‘What is happening?’ And he said, ’60 km away, the city has just been attacked with missiles. “
Elisa said, “And therefore the area was completely black out which meant the light because the Dharamshala Stadium was like a lubricant at that time.” Then the seriousness of the situation was realized.
A fortnight after the terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, India carried out missile attacks on terrorist structures in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir. 26 people were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. Blackouts were implemented in many districts including Pathankot, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Mohali and Union Territory Chandigarh in Punjab amid reports of an air attack warning and explosion in Jammu.
Alyssa said, “Suddenly we were stunned in the van and we went back to the hotel. The situation there was not very good. We were sitting in the bus with some players of Punjab. I think Shreyas was in my bus. It was as if you climb in the van as you leave.” The teams were brought to Delhi through long road and train travel.
The IPL was suspended for a week but will be resumed on 17 May in which most foreign players are expected to return to their respective franchises.