IPL 2021: Blood on your hands, commentator Slater slams Australian PM

New Delhi - Slater has launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not allowing Australians to return from the Covid-19-hit India

Former Australian batsman Michael Slater, who is currently doing commentary in the IPL, has launched a scathing attack on his country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not allowing its citizens to return from the Covid-19-hit India, calling the travel ban a "disgrace".

Australia has shut its borders and not allowing any commercial flights from India because of the massive Covid-19 surge which has led to all the players, support staff and commentators, who might have wanted to leave the IPL in a fix.

The government has made it clear that Australians who are engaged in the IPL will have to make their own arrangements.

"If our Government cared for the safety of Aussies they would allow us to get home. It's a disgrace!! Blood on your hands PM. How dare you treat us like this. How about you sort out quarantine system. I had government permission to work on the IPL but I now have government neglect," Slater tweeted.

Threatening a five-year jail term or hefty fine, the Australian government temporarily barred its citizens from entering the country if they happened to be in India within 14 days of their intended arrival.