Days earlier than the beginning of the 14th version of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021), two extra members of Wankhede Stadium ground-staff and one plumber have examined constructive for COVID-19 on Monday. Sources inside the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation (MCA) on Tuesday confirmed the event. It has additionally come to the fore that to be able to conduct the IPL safely on the Wankhede, the ground-staff members wouldn’t be travelling and they are going to be staying within the stadium itself.
“Two extra ground-staff members and one plumber returned with constructive COVID-19 outcomes on Monday. Earlier, 10 ground-staff members had examined constructive for COVID on the Wankhede,” the MCA supply informed ANI on Tuesday.
“There’s a membership home contained in the Wankhede Stadium, all of the ground-staff will keep there until the Mumbai leg is over to be able to conduct the IPL easily,” the supply added.
Final week, a number of members of the Wankhede grounds-staff returned with constructive COVID-19 studies and this resulted in some franchises sweating over this actual fact.
Chatting with ANI, an official of one of many franchises — at the moment primarily based in Mumbai — mentioned that it does change the state of affairs and requires stricter protocols.
“You do get just a little involved once you hear such issues days earlier than the beginning of the match. We’ve got all been following protocols to the core, however clearly, when such a information are available, it makes us just a little cautious. We’re protecting issues as tight as potential. Must be on our guard,” the official had mentioned.
RCB’s Devdutt Padikkal, Delhi Capitals’ Axar Patel and KKR’s Nitish Rana are the three gamers to have examined constructive for COVID-19. Nevertheless, Rana has now recovered and he has additionally began coaching together with the KKR squad.
On Sunday, the Maharashtra authorities introduced a weekend lockdown from Friday 8 pm to Monday 7 am to curb the unfold of COVID-19, however BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had confirmed that the IPL would go forward as per the schedule and there could be no modifications.
“Every little thing will go on as per schedule,” Ganguly had informed ANI.
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Wankhede Stadium is ready to host 10 IPL video games this season from April 10-25. The primary match on the Mumbai stadium is slated to be performed on April 10 between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Tremendous Kings.
4 franchises — Delhi Capitals, Chennai Tremendous Kings, Punjab Kings, and Rajasthan Royals have arrange their base in Mumbai as of now.
