IPL 2021: Delhi Capitals’ Anrich Nortje reportedly checks constructive for Covid-19

Delhi Capitals pacer Anrich Nortje from South Africa on Wednesday examined constructive for Covid-19, in what comes as an enormous blow for the membership and event Indian Premier League.
Nortje shouldn’t be the primary cricketer to check constructive for the lethal virus this season. Apart from the bottom workers and occasion managers at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, a number of gamers had been troubled too.
In reality, Nortje is the second DC participant to have examined constructive after all-rounder Axar Patel on April 3, six days earlier than the beginning of the brand new version of the event. Nortje, who flew in to India together with fellow paceman Kagiso Rabada, is asymptomatic in the meanwhile with outcomes of an extra check awaited in a while Wednesday.
ANI reported one in every of their sources within the know of developments saying, “He came in with a negative report, but has unfortunately tested positive now while undergoing quarantine.” The BCCI SOP says a participant/help workers, who checks constructive for COVID-19, should isolate within the designated space exterior the bio-secure surroundings for at least 10 days from the primary day of signs or the date of assortment of the pattern which resulted in a constructive RT-PCR report, whichever is earlier.
He had examined destructive on his arrival in India and appeared to have developed the virus throughout quarantine.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Devdutt Padikkal and Daniel Sams had additionally examined constructive together with Mumbai Indians’ wicket-keeping marketing consultant and expertise scout Kiran More.
Because of the latest COVID-19 spike in India, the BCCI has determined to check everybody within the IPL bio-bubble each day as an alternative of each third day, as was the case final 12 months. There is now a separate bio-bubble for floor workers and curators.