RCB opener Devdutt Padikkal tests Covid positive

Karnataka cricketer is in quarantine now and is likely to miss the season opener

Chennai: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s opener Devdutt Padikkal tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, ahead of their IPL opener against Mumbai Indians scheduled to be held on April 9.
The Karnataka cricketer is in quarantine now and is likely to miss the season opener.

The left-handed opener had a good last season top-scoring for the team with 473 runs. He is also in a great form in the domestic season scoring over 700 runs in the Vijay Hazare tournament. He also hit four consecutive centuries in the tournament.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is currently in crisis management after Corona scare which saw one of the Delhi Capitals player–Axar Patel and ten ground staff at Wankhede testing positive for the Pandemic. Although Indore and Hyderabad are on standby for hosting the opener, Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in all likelihood will get the game as planned.

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