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Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has spoken of his shock as he watched television reports of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai while on his way there.
Warne and his long-time friend, former Victorian wicketkeeper Darren Berry, are in Singapore and were supposed to catch a connecting flight to the Indian city ahead of next week’s scheduled Champions Twenty20 League tournament.
They are now likely to return to Melbourne.
“I’m shocked, Chuck (Berry) and I got off the plane and saw the news on TV,” he told the Herald Sun website.
“It’s unbelievable, the place is chaos.
“We are heading to Mumbai and that (the Taj Mahal Palace) is the hotel we are staying at.
“I don’t think we will be going (to India) now – why would you?”
Warne was supposed to captain the Rajasthan Royals in the Twenty20 tournament and has spoken to the team owner.
He and Berry have also called their families in Australia.
Berry has a coaching role with the Royals.
“At this stage I am going to stay where I am for the rest of the day, but I reckon we are certainties to be on a flight heading home later today,” Warne said.
“It is just not worth the risk – no about of money is worth the risk with what is going on over there at the moment.”
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