Besides her late mother and sister, several other members of Krishnamurthy’s family, including her father, brother and her second sister, who live in Kadur, began showing COVID-19 symptoms last month and later tested positive for the virus. Krishnamurthy, 28, had made a visit to her family in Kadur a few weeks ago. She had, however, returned to Bengaluru by the time the first symptoms of infection among her family appeared. She had gone into self-isolation upon gaining awareness of her family’s COVID status and returned a negative test.
Former Australian cricketer and active commentator Lisa Sthalekar had recently lambasted the BCCI for their poor attitude and lack of promptness in reaching out to the grieving Krishnamurthy. Incidentally, she was also dropped across formats from India’s touring party to England.
India is bearing the brunt of the second wave of Covid-19, with families of several other cricketers like MS Dhoni and R Ashwin also having tested positive for the virus….