IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad's T Natarajan tests positive for COVID-19, 6 contacts isolated
Dubai: Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan tested positive for COVID-19 at a scheduled RT-PCR test on Tuesday.
"The player has isolated himself from the rest of the squad. He is currently asymptomatic," IPL release stated.
The medical team has identified six close contacts of the player and placed them in isolation.
1. Vijay Shankar - Player
2. Vijay Kumar - Team Manager
3. Shyam Sundar J - Physiotherapist
4. Anjana Vannan - Doctor
5. Tushar Khedkar - Logistics Manager
6. Periyasamy Ganesan - Net Bowler
However, tonight's game between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SH)and Delhi Capitals (DC) will go on at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
As per the IPL's Standard Operating Procedure, Natarajan will now have to isolate for 10 days and test negative twice before being allowed back into the bubble.
The IPL resumed here on Sunday after it had to be halted in May due to multiple COVID cases in its bio-bubble when the event was being staged in India.
