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IPL 2021 has indeed gone under a little haze of vulnerability, with Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer T Natarajan testing COVID-19 positive on Wednesday. He is asymptomatic and has isolated himself from the remainder of the squad.
SRH have likewise recognized six close contacts – all-rounder Vijay Shankar, Vijay Kumar (Team Manager), Shyam Sundar J (Physiotherapist), Anjana Vannan (Doctor), Tushar Khedkar (Logistics Manager), and Periyasamy Ganesan (Net Bowler) who have now been quarantined also.
SRH are scheduled to play the match against Delhi Capitals today in Dubai from 7:30 PM onwards. The match will go on as arranged, as the remainder of the SRH group has tested negative for C0VID.
T Natarajan returned the positive test at some point between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. All SRH individuals were then retested around 5:00 AM IST.
The significant alarm comes considering the delay of the first half of IPL 2021 after an announced bio bubble breach in the Kolkata Knight Riders camp followed by the development of various cases in different franchises also.
“The rest of the contingent including the close contacts underwent RT-PCR tests at 5AM local time this morning and the test reports are negative. As a result, tonight’s game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals will go ahead at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai,” said BCCI in a media release.
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