Biggest news on IPL: Delhi and Punjab match will be held in Mumbai instead of Pune, decision after DC's Marsh and two staff come positive

After the entry of Corona into the IPL, a big decision has been taken on Tuesday. The match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings tomorrow i.e. Wednesday will not be played in Pune. Now, this match will be held in Mumbai itself, where the Delhi Capitals team is quarantined. This decision has been taken after Delhi all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and two staff members tested positive.

According to sources, the corona test of all the players of Delhi took place at around 9 am on Tuesday. Its report has not come yet. Meanwhile, keeping in view the safety of the players, the governing body has decided to change the venue of the match.

The entire team of Delhi is currently quarantined in Mumbai itself.

The report of Delhi team physio Patrick Farhart came positive in the Corona Test held before the match against Royal Challengers on 16 April. After that, the corona test of all the players is done continuously. At the same time, on Monday, the antigen test of Delhi player Mitchell Marsh came positive, after which he had the RTPCR test twice on Monday itself.

The first report came negative, the second report came back positive. After which he was admitted to the hospital late in the night. Apart from Marsh, a doctor from the Delhi team, 1 member of the social media team, and 3 hotel staff members have also become corona infected. The entire team has been quarantined due to the infection.

Match will happen only if 12 players are negative

According to sources in Delhi Capitals, the match against Punjab will take place only when the corona report of at least 12 players of the Delhi team comes negative. Only then will these players leave from Mumbai to Pune. If a positive report comes, the match will be rescheduled.

Last season the tournament was stopped after 8 people tested positive.

1. In the 14th season of IPL being played in April-May last year, IPL was stopped only after 29 matches after 4 players of 3 teams, 2 coaches and 2 other staff got corona infected in 3 days. Later, the remaining 31 matches of the IPL were played in the UAE in October.

2. First of all, two players including Varun Chakraborty of Kolkata Knight Riders were hit by Corona, after which the match between Kolkata and Bangalore was postponed. After the match with KKR, the entire team of Delhi Capitals was quarantined. After that three members of Chennai Super Kings were also hit by Corona, including bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji.

3. After this Wriddhiman Saha of Sunrisers Hyderabad was also found to be Corona positive. Later Amit Mishra of Delhi Capitals also turned positive. Apart from these, some staff of the stadium in Delhi was found to be Corona positive. After which the IPL was stopped.

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