The Board of Control for Cricket in India is likely to reschedule Wednesday’s Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and ...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is likely to reschedule Wednesday’s Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Delhi as CSK are to be hard quarantine after bowling coach L Balaji tested positive for Covid-19, reported PTI.
As per BCCI’s Standard Operating Procedure, anyone who has come in contact with an infected person has to undergo six days of hard quarantine and return three negative RT-PCR reports during the course of it.
“Tomorrow’s match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium between CSK and RR will be rescheduled as per SOP rules. As Balaji was in contact with the players, all of them have gone into hard quarantine. They are supposed to be tested everyday,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
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All CSK playing members have tested negative during their scheduled RT-PCR tests, said PTI.
When CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan was contacted, he said that CSK had informed BCCI about Balaji’s RT-PCR result.
“From our end, we had informed that Mr Balaji has tested positive and as per SOP our players have been isolated,” Viswanathan said.
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