IPL franchise Delhi Capitals has been asked to go under quarantine after two players from the Kolkata Knight Riders camp tested COVID positive on Monday, May 3. As a result, the match between KKR and RCB was postponed to a different date about which the BCCI is yet to confirm. The side has been asked to quarantine as because they played against KKR on April 29th. The Delhi team is currently in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, as per reports in Cricbuzz, the players and the support staff have been asked to quarantine themselves.

A Delhi Capitals official also came out with a statement about their players being sent into isolation after their game against KKR.

Delhi Capitals Asked To Quarantine

“As we had played our last game against KKR, we have been advised to go into quarantine and all of us are in isolation. We are all in our rooms,” a Delhi Capitals official told this website.

Meanwhile, the duration of the quarantine period of the players is still not known. On the other hand, three support staff from the Chennai Super Kings camp have also tested COVID positive. Bowling coach L Balaji, CEO Kasi Viswanathan and a bus driver have been tested positive as per reports.

This has also made other teams skip practice and stay in their hotel rooms at the moment. The recent cases in the various camps have pushed the league into jeopardy. There are also reports of the league being called off after the recent series of events.

Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals incidentally play their next game against KKR on May 8. They are currently topping the points table with 12 points from eight games. Sunrisers play Mumbai Indians in match 31 of IPL 2021 after the KKR vs RCB game was postponed by the BCCI. This meant that there was no IPL game on Monday, May 3.

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