IPL 2016: Gujarat Lions players evacuated from hotel after earthquake felt in Chandigarh

IPL 2016: Gujarat Lions players evacuated from hotel after earthquake felt in Chandigarh

The Gujarat Lions will play their first match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Mohali on Monday. They were put up in a hotel in Chandigarh, close to Mohali, when they felt tremors. The players of the franchise have been evacuated from the hotel.  It is said that the earthquakes measured 6.8 on the Richter scale GL players like Aaron Finch and Dale Steyn took to Twitter, with Steyn going on to say that the boys are a little “Shaken”.  The entire team was quickly taken out of the hotel to a safe area. Full Scorecard: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, IPL 2016, Match 3 at Mohali

Fast bowler Andrew Tye told cricket.com.au, ” I was sitting on the end of my bed fixing a cricket bat and it felt like the bed started to move. I was like ‘what happened there’ and I looked around the room and certain things were shaking, so I thought ‘it must be an earthquake.”

“There was a bit of commotion in the hallway and we got rushed outside. I immediately thought back to Nepal last year around a similar sort of time. I know how devastating that was. I was more worried for other people rather than myself,” Tye added.

No causalities or damage to property has been reported so far. The epicentre of the earthquake is said to be Afghanistan. Even Delhi,  National Capital Region (NCR )and parts of Kashmir also felt similar tremors. The quake is said to have rocked parts of north India at 3.58 PM IST.