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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced a change of venue for Match No. 32 – Delhi Capital versus Punjab Kings from MCA Stadium, Pune to Brabourne – CCI scheduled on April 20th, 2022, to avoid any further incident due to any undetected case during a long-distance bus journey in a closed environment.
The change of venue has been triggered due to five COVID-19 positive cases in the Delhi Capitals contingent.
1. Mr Patrick Farhat – Physiotherapist (tested positive on April 15th)
2. Mr Chetan Kumar – Sports Massage Therapist (tested positive on April 16th)
3. Mr Mitchell Marsh – Player (tested positive on April 18th)
4. Dr Abhijit Salvi – Team doctor (tested positive on April 18th)
5. Mr Akash Mane – Social Media Content team member (tested positive on April 18th)
The COVID positive cases are under isolation and medical observation. They will be tested on Day 6 and 7 and subject to both the tests being negative they will be re-integrated into the Delhi Capitals bio-secured bubble.
From April 16th onwards, the entire Delhi Capitals contingent has been put under a daily RT-PCR testing procedure. The 4th round of RT-PCR tests conducted on April 19th have returned negative.
The Delhi Capitals contingent will undergo another round of RT-PCR testing on the morning of April 20th.
JAY SHAH
Honorary Secretary
BCCI
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The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as the TATA IPL, is an annual men’s Twenty20 cricket league in India, founded by the BCCI in 2007. Featuring ten state or city-based franchises, it is the most popular cricket league globally. The tournament runs for two months, from March to May, with an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Programme.
