Corona’s attack on IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T Natarajan turns out to be Covid positive

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fast bowler T Natarajan

New Delhi: Before the match against Delhi Capitals, a player of Sunrisers Hyderabad has been found to be Corona positive. The 33rd match of IPL is to be played between Delhi and Hyderabad (DC vs SRH) in Dubai from 7.30 pm today. According to the BCCI press release, the team’s fast bowler T Natarajan has turned out to be Corona positive in the RT-PCR test. He has been isolated from the rest of the team. Six members of Hyderabad who came in close contact with Natarajan have also been kept in isolation.

Natarajan was in contact with all-rounder Vijay Shankar, team manager Vijay Kumar, physiotherapist Shyam Sundarji, Dr. Anjana Vanan, logistics manager Tushar Khedkar, and net bowler Periyas Ganesan. The rest of the team, including the members who came in close contact with Natarajan, were today tested for RT-PCR, which came back negative. Tonight’s match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals will be held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. BCCI has confirmed this. The IPL, which was halted in May after several Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the bio-bubble in India, has resumed in the UAE from Sunday (September 19).

In the bowling, he will be led by Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who will have to show discipline to check the Delhi batsmen at the Dubai International Stadium. Delhi is currently in second place with 12 points from eight matches while Sunrisers have only two points from seven matches and are at the bottom. Sunrisers have won only one match so far.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

The two teams are as follows:

Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Ripple Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Shreyas Iyer, Steve Smith, Amit Mishra, Enrique Norkhia, Avesh Khan, Ben Dwarshuis, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lukman Meriwala, Praveen Dubey, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sam Billings, and Vishnu Vinod.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (capt), David Warner, Manish Pandey, Sherfane Rutherford, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Abdul Samad, J Suchit, Jason Holder, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Jason Roy.

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