The match between Royal; Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Rider has been postponed with KKR’s Varun Chakraborty and Sandeep Warrior testing positive for COVID-19.
“Varun Chakaravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four days. All other team members have tested negative for COVID-19,” said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.
As of now there is no official statement when the rescheduled match will be played.
Both the players have isolated themselves from the entire squad.
“The medical team is in continuous touch with the duo and are monitoring their health. Meanwhile, the Kolkata Knight Riders have now moved towards a daily testing routine to identify any other possible cases and treat them at the earliest,” said the BCCI.
The BCCI said that the medical team is also “determining the close and casual contacts of the two positive cases during the 48 hours prior to collection of the sample that returned the positive test results”.