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‘Please daddy, come home’: David Warner shares a heartbreaking message from his daughters back in Australia as cricket legends are left stranded in Covid-riddled India despite the IPL being suspended indefinitely

Australian cricketer David Warner has shared a heartbreaking message from his three young girls begging their dad to come home.

The Test batsman is among a number of Australian cricketers who face an uncertain future in coronavirus-ravaged India as the Indian Premier League is suspended and multiple players test positive to Covid-19 - with another 9000 Aussies trapped in the virus-ravaged nation.

Even more of Australia's top cricketers in India were forced into isolation on Tuesday after a third IPL player tested positive for the virus.

The IPL has since announced the immediate indefinite suspension of the big-money tournament featuring many of the world's best players, acknowledging that if the seven-week competition were to continue it may put 'lives at stake'.