Five members of Delhi Capitals franchise have tested positive for Covid-19

BCCI has announced on Tuesday that the venue for Match #32 – Delhi Capital versus Punjab Kings, scheduled for April 20th, 2022, will be moved from MCA Stadium, Pune to Brabourne to avoid any further incidents due to an undetected case during a long-distance bus journey in a closed environment. The change of venue was forced by the presence of five COVID-19 positive cases within the Delhi Capitals' squad.

COVID-positive patients are being isolated and monitored by doctors. On days 6 and 7, they will be tested, and if both tests come back negative, they will be re-integrated into the Delhi Capitals' bio-secured bubble. The whole Delhi Capitals contingent has been subjected to daily RT-PCR testing since April 16th. On April 19th, the fourth set of RT-PCR testing came back negative. On the morning of April 20th, the Delhi Capitals will go through another round of RT-PCR testing.

Five confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Capitals contingent:

Patrick Farhat (Physiotherapist, tested positive on April 15),

Chetan Kumar (Massage therapist, tested positive on April 16),

Mitchell Marsh (Australian Cricketer, tested positive April 18),

Abhijit Salvi (Team doctor, tested positive April 18),

Akash Mane (Social-media content team, tested positive on April 18).