(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Anxiety pierced through the Indian Premier League's bio-secure bubble on Monday with leading Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and some Australian players withdrawing from the league amid the escalating Covid-19 crisis in India even as the BCCI insisted that the glitzy league will go on. The 34-year-old Ashwin, competing for Delhi Capitals, decided to take a break saying that his family is currently ‘putting up a fight against Covid-19' and he wants to support them. He hopes to return to the side ‘if things go in the right direction'. However, three Australians -- Andrew Tye of the Rajasthan Royals, Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa of the and Royal Challengers Bangalore -- withdrew as apprehension set in after a couple of weeks went by smoothly for the league being held in front of empty stands.