Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday confirmed that their opener Devdutt Padikkal had examined constructive for COVID-19, revealing he is in obligatory quarantine at his residence in Bangalore.
“Royal Challengers Bangalore, Left-handed Batsman Devdutt Padikkal had tested positive on 22nd March 2021. He has been in mandatory quarantine at his residence in Bengaluru since then. He will be fit to join the RCB bio-bubble once his RT-PCR tests are negative.
“RCB Medical team is in touch with Devdutt ensuring his safety and well-being. Devdutt is feeling well and we can’t wait to have him join the squad for the IPL season ahead,” the franchise mentioned in a press release.
Padikkal might miss as much as two video games for RCB.
Missing Padikkal, even for a short time, might be a giant blow for RCB. Padikkal was their highest scorer final season with 473 runs from 15 matches. He has additionally been in large kind within the Indian home circuit.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is at the moment in disaster administration after Corona scare which noticed one of many Delhi Capitals participant–Axar Patel and ten floor employees at Wankhede testing constructive for the Pandemic. Although it is understood that Indore and Hyderabad are on standby for internet hosting the opener, Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in all probability will get the sport as deliberate.The Times of India has quoted a senior BCCI official saying ‘its too late to shift the match.’
“It’s too late to move the matches from Mumbai now. The members of the organizing team have been in separate bubble. The players are in strict bubble. BCCI had Hyderabad as a back-up but it’s very difficult to move it in a week,” the official advised the newspaper.
Earlier in an enormous blow to Delhi Capitals, spinner Axar Patel has examined constructive for Coronavirus. Earlier Nitish Rana too was mentioned to be Covid-19 constructive however KKR later clarified that the cricketer was discovered destructive later. The Indian Premier League begins on April 9 with Capitals enjoying their first recreation on the very subsequent day on April 10.
Kolkata Knight Riders participant Nitish Rana has clarified that he has examined destructive for Covid-19. His assertion comes after there have been rumours that he has examined constructive and was requested bear quarantine. His group got here out with a press release quickly.”Nitish Rana had checked into the KKR group resort in Mumbai, on March 21, 2021 with a destructive COVID report which was carried out on March 19, 2021. As per IPL protocol, he was examined on March 22, throughout his quarantine and the report confirmed that he was constructive.”
