Member of BCCI contingent found COVID-19 positive, confirms sources

A member of the BCCI contingent, which is in Dubai to oversee the conduct of IPL, has tested positive for COVID-19, a league source told PTI on Thursday.

The event is scheduled to start on September 19.

“There is one positive case in the BCCI contingent. I can’t tell you whether it’s from cricket operations team or the medical team. But testing is on and everyone else is healthy and asymptomatic,” a senior IPL official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

“There is no cause for concern,” he



added.

However, another source said that the person, who has tested positive, is a member of the national team’s support staff and is here to keep a tab on the centrally-contracted players.

The development comes after 13 members of the Chennai Super Kings contingent, including two players, tested positive for the dreaded virus last week. They are currently undergoing the mandatory 14-day quarantine and are said to be asymptomatic.

Rest of the teams have started training after their squad members and support staff completed the on-arrival quarantine and returned negative tests.