Six members of Sunrisers Hyderabad, including Vijay Shankar, identified as close contacts; SRH vs DC game to go on with others returning negative tests
Sunrisers Hyderabad left-arm seamer T Natarajan has tested positive for Covid-19 at a scheduled RT-PCR test in Dubai, and has isolated himself from the rest of the squad. Six other members of the franchise, who were identified as his close contacts, are also in isolation.
The update, however, will not affect Sunrisers’ IPL 2021 match against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday evening in Dubai, the IPL said in a statement.
In a media statement issued less than five hours before the start of the match, the IPL said that Natarajan is asymptomatic at the moment. Two of the six others who have been forced to go into isolation are players: allrounder Vijay Shankar and net bowler Periyasamy Ganesan. The others are members of the Sunrisers support staff: Vijay Kumar (team manager), Shyam Sundar J (physiotherapist), Anjana Vannan (doctor) and Tushar Khedkar (logistics manager).
The entire Sunrisers contingent, including the close contacts, underwent RT-PCR tests at 5am local time on Wednesday and the test reports have come out negative, the statement said. As a result, the Sunrisers vs Capitals game has been allowed to go ahead on schedule at the Dubai International Stadium.
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