IPL 2022: Baffled BCCI to probe REPEATED Covid outbreaks in Delhi Capitals Camp, unhappy official says ‘It damages the image of IPL’

On Sunday morning, an unnamed net bowler tested positive, forcing the entire squad into another round of isolation, for a second time. Follow CSK vs DC Live Updates and IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.

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But BCCI isn’t taking this lightly. They are baffled about how it can happen for a second time and will launch a problem to determine the course of action.

“It’s baffling. Right now, it is difficult to say how did this happen again, whether from hotel staff or from franchise officials or the players,” a baffled BCCI official told InsideSport on Sunday.

IPL 2022: Baffled BCCI to probe REPEATED Covid outbreaks in Delhi Capitals Camp, unhappy official says ‘It damages the image of IPL’

• On April 16, DC physio Patrick Farhart tested positive and was isolated.
• On April 18, Tim Seifert tested positive apart from four DC franchise members.
• Soon, Mitchell Marsh also tested positive and had to be hospitalised.
• Head coach Ricky Ponting’s family member tested positive and had to be quarantined.
• Delhi Capitals players were put into isolation and their Pune leg of matches were shifted to Mumbai.
• On Sunday (May 8), a net bowler tested positive before CSK clash.
• Apart from him, his roommate a fellow net bowler had to be quarantined.
• The entire squad was once again put into isolation pending Covid tests.
• All players barring the net bowler tested negative and BCCI gave green-signal for CSK vs DC clash.

Delhi Capitals are staying at the iconic Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai and already four hotel staffers have tested positive over the last one month. The BCCI will investigate the matter to find out how can a team suffer two Covid outbreaks in a month inside a bio-secure bubble.

It should be noted that this is the second time Delhi Capitals are under Covid scanner. Last month, Mitchell Marsh and Tim Seifert tested positive besides a host of DC franchise members.

“We will investigate the matter and take appropriate action so that it doesn’t happen again. It damages the image of IPL. But like in the past, it is always difficult to determine the source of the outbreak. We are monitoring the situation,” the BCCI official told InsideSport.