After the incident, the whole team has been put into quarantine. Today’s tour of the team to Pune has been canceled after the case of Corona came to light inside the team. Now today and tomorrow they will have a Covid tests inside the quarantine and any decision will be taken prior to the results.
It is speculated that an Australian all-rounder showed some early symptoms of the infection, after which the result of rapid antigen test came positive. It has been said in the news released in the media that it is Australian player Mitchell Marsh, who has been found to be Corona positive. Apart from him, another member of the support staff is also having symptoms, but the result of his RT-PCR test is awaited. The cases of Kovid-19 have started increasing outside the IPL bio-bubble.
Earlier, team physio Patrick Farhart was found positive in the Covid-19 test. Farhart is currently in isolation after being found positive in the COVID-19 test. The medical team of Delhi Capitals is closely monitoring him. He is not traveling with the team. After Patrick, a player of the Delhi team has also been found positive in the rapid antigen test. After this, RT-PCR test will be done for all the players for two days and then only after that a decision will be taken.
It is worth noting that the entire season of IPL 2020 was played in UAE due to increasing cases of Corona in India, while half of IPL 2021 had to be postponed due to Corona cases. The first part of IPL 2021 was played in India, while the second part of the 14th season of IPL was held in UAE. Now IPL 2022 is being held only in Mumbai and Pune in Saks Bio-Bubble.
After the news break out, cancel IPL started to trend on Twitter. However, cancellation is not even in perspective considering the current environment and pace of the IPL.