Cricket-Australian IPL players released from hotel quarantine

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Second Twenty20 International - Australia v India - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia - December 6, 2020 Australia's Steve Smith walks off after being caught by Hardik Pandya off the bowling of Yuzvendra Chahal REUTERS/Loren Elliott

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian cricketers, including former captain Steve Smith and David Warner, were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney on Monday after being evacuated from India amid a surge of COVID-19 cases.

Fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Jason Behrendorff were also among those released after a two-week quarantine following their return home in the wake of the Indian Premier League's suspension.