Pat Cummins has spoken publicly for the first time since being left stranded in India by the country's Covid crisis to say being barred from coming home was not Australia's cricket stars were 'signing up for'.
Cummins, David Warner Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis and coach Ricky Ponting are among a 34-strong Australian cricket contingent still in India.
The lucrative Indian Premier League tournament was suspended on Tuesday after multiple players tested positive to Covid-19, leaving the sporting stars marooned in the coronavirus-stricken country.
The group are among 9,000 Australians in India unable to return home until at least May 15 due to a travel ban the federal government has enforced with the threat of five years in prison.