Hussey returns to Australia after recovering from COVID-19

Chennai Super Kings' batting coach Mike Hussey returned to Australia on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, the Indian Premier League (IPL) team said.

Chennai Chief Executive Kasi Viswanathan told PTI news agency that Hussey, who had been treated in hospital for COVID-19, had left for Australia early on Sunday via Doha on a commercial flight.

Australia lifted a two-week ban on its citizens returning from COVID-ravaged India last week.

"Back in super high spirits! Recovered and returned home safe!" Chennai tweeted, alongside a photo of Hussey and bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji, who has also recovered from the virus.

Back in super high spirits!
Recovered and returned home safe! 💪#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/kiGcTmNu3a

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 17, 2021

On Monday, most of Australia's IPL cricketers, including David Warner, Pat Cummins and Steve Smith, arrived in Sydney after passing a week in the Maldives waiting for border restrictions to be lifted.

International cricketers who were part of the IPL started heading back home a day after the lucrative Twenty20 competition was suspended on May 4 due to the COVID-19 crisis.