KKR’s Prasidh, Seifert test Covid positive
"Prasidh like all India players left bubble on May 3 after getting two negative results. However on reaching Bengaluru he tested positive," the source said.
Bengaluru: Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Prasdih Krishna has tested positive for coronavirus and is in quarantine in his home town Bengaluru, a BCCI source said on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Krishna, who was named in the Indian squad for the England tour as a stand-by on Friday, is the fourth KKR player to have contracted the dreaded virus.
“Prasidh is Covid positive and currently in home isolation in Bengaluru,” a BCCI official said.
Varun Chakravarthy, Sandeep Warrier, and Tim Seifert are the other KKR players, who tested positive earlier.
According to the BCCI source, both Krishna and Warrier contracted the virus from Chakravarthy during one of the training sessions. He said Krishna is Chakravarthy’s close friend.
“Prasidh like all India players left bubble on May 3 after getting two negative results. However on reaching Bengaluru he tested positive,” the source said.
The BCCI is hoping that by the time the UK-bound players enter the bio-bubble in India on May 25, Krishna will test negative.
New Zealand’s wicketkeeper-batsman Seifert is also in isolation in Ahmedabad from where he will go to Chennai for treatment at a private hospital.
Seifert failed both his pre-departure RT-PCR tests and “is experiencing moderate symptoms.”
Meanwhile, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White said Seifert had returned seven negative tests in the 10 days leading up to his pre-departure protocols and was confident he would be receiving the best of care from his franchise.
“It’s really unfortunate for Tim and we’ll do everything for him that we can from this end, and hopefully he will be able to test negative, and be cleared and approved for discharge as soon as he’s well again.
“Since receiving the news, we’ve organised support for Tim and have also, via the players association, been in contact with his family to ensure they’re kept fully informed and updated on developments,” White said in a release.
Once Seifert serves the statutory period of isolation and tests negative for Covid-19, he will be transferred back to New Zealand where he will serve the mandatory 14-day period of managed isolation.
One of the two charter flights transporting New Zealand’s IPL contingent back home has already departed India, and the other will leave this evening (NZ time) after being delayed for logistical reasons.
All those on the flights have been and will be, observing prescribed pre-departure and in-flight protocols, including Covid-19 tests, social distancing, mask-wearing and best-practice hygiene, and will again be assessed on arrival in Auckland.
White said he was grateful to the BCCI and the IPL franchises for organising the charter flights and medical assistance.
There have also been changes to the arrangements for New Zealand’s UK-bound Test contingent, with Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, and physio Tommy Simsek, travelling to the Maldives (rather than staying in New Delhi) ahead of leaving for England.
New Zealand trainer Chris Donaldson, who initially signalled his intention to return home on one of the NZ-bound charter flights before returning to England, has instead opted to remain with the UK-bound players and is also in the Maldives.
The decision for this group to transfer to the Maldives was taken after advice that their entry into the UK, initially thought to be about May 11, was likely to be delayed further by a week.
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