Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Tim Seifert has examined positive for Covid-19 and isn’t travelling with New Zealand’s IPL gamers again dwelling, a press release from the nation’s cricket board stated on Saturday.
The opening batsman, presently in Ahmedabad, shall be flown to Chennai the place he’ll bear therapy in the identical hospital the place Australian Michael Hussey, the Chennai Super Kings batting coach, is being handled earlier than returning to New Zealand.
“Tim Seifert has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be travelling back to New Zealand on the charter flight with New Zealand’s other Indian Premier League players, support staff and commentators,” stated a press release from New Zealand Cricket on Saturday.
“Seifert, who represented Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, failed both his pre-departure PCR tests and as a result will be taken into quarantine. Immediate advice is that he is experiencing moderate symptoms,” the assertion added.
Seifert turns into the third KKR participant to check positive after spinner Varun Chakravarthy and tempo bowler Sandeep Warrier.
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Both Chakravarthy and Warrier had been the primary ones to check positive in the IPL earlier this week. Following extra positive tests, in the camps of Chennai Super Kings (Michael Hussey and L Balaji), Delhi Capitals (Amit Mishra) and SunRisers Hyderabad (Wriddhiman Saha) a day later, the IPL was indefinitely postponed on Tuesday.
“Once Seifert has undergone treatment and the statutory period of isolation and has tested negative for Covid-19, he will be transferred back to New Zealand where he will undergo the mandatory 14-day period of managed isolation,” added the NZC assertion.
NZC chief government David White stated Seifert had returned seven unfavorable tests in the ten days main as much as his pre-departure protocols, and was assured he could be receiving the perfect of care from his franchise.
“Since receiving the news, we’ve organised support for Tim and have also — via the players association, been in contact with his family to ensure they’re kept fully informed and updated on developments,” stated White.
One of the 2 constitution flights transporting New Zealand’s IPL contingent again dwelling has already departed India, and the opposite is scheduled to depart on Saturday after being delayed for logistical causes.
