KKR-RCB match postponed after players test +ve

NEW DELHI:

KKR’S VARUN CHAKARAVARTHY AND SANDEEP WARRIER WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE, IPL SAID

A Covid-19 outbreak left the Indian Premier League (IPL) on tenterhooks as Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for the virus, forcing the postponement of the team’s game against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad on Monday evening.

The match will be rescheduled some time later during the tournament, which will conclude on May 30.

“Varun Chakaravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four days. All other team members have tested negative for Covid-19,” the league, which features the biggest names in international cricket, said in a press release.

Apart from this, it also came to light that Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan, bowling coach L Balaji and a lower rung staff member tested positive on Sunday but returned negative reports on Monday.

A top Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official declared theirs as a case of “false positives”.

Additionally, a few groundsmen at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, which is due to host Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday, have also tested positive for the virus.

The BCCI continued to insist that the league will go on but Monday’s developments have definitely cast a shadow on how the Covid-19 threat would be managed for an event being staged across six venues.

KKR last played Punjab Kings on April 26.

PTI

Press Trust of India