IPL 2022: Will Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings at Pune Happen as Per Schedule After Covid Scare?

Covid-19 Hits IPL 2022: The game that is scheduled to be played is in doubt.

Pune: With the Delhi Capitals in quarantine after members of the squad tested positive for COVID, will the game scheduled against Punjab Kings at Pune on Tuesday happen as per schedule? As per the IPL SOP, all players, members of the support staff would have to undergo a door to door RT-PCR testing for Covid-19 on Monday and Tuesday. If that is the case, then the game that is scheduled to be played is in doubt. The final call on this will lie with the IPL Technical Committee.

On Friday, Patrick Farhat – a member of the DC support staff tested positive – and now there are two more reported cases in the Delhi camp and that is why they have had to cancel their travel to Pune on Monday.

A similar situation occurred last year and the tournament had to be postponed indefinitely before it was finally conducted in UAE. Fans would be hoping that the tournament takes place in its home – that is India. There is nothing official from the team or BCCI. An update is expected by the end of today.

India saw a massive rise in its ‘s daily COVID count on Monday from the day before, with a nearly 90% jump in fresh cases. Total 2,183 fresh cases were recorded in a span of 24 hours, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.

It would be interesting to see what happens now as Delhi will will sure not travel to Pune today.