Shams, back-up for Covid-stricken Axar

Delhi Capitals on Thursday roped in young Mumbai left-arm spinner Shams Mulani as IPL’s first short term Covid-19 replacement as he was brought in for Axar patel, who is yet to recover from the dreaded virus and is still in a medical care facility.

DC also has substituted injured captain Shreyas Iyer with Karnataka off-spinner Aniruddha Joshi. However, the media release issued by the IPL doesn’t have any details about paceman Anrich Nortje’s RT-PCR result, which is believed to be positive.

“DC have brought in Shams Mulani as a short-term Covid19 replacement for Axar Patel,” the release stated.