Ricky Ponting, the head coach of the Delhi Capitals, will spend five days of quarantine after a family member tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, he will not be present at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for the Capitals’ match against Rajasthan Royals later today.
“A family member of Delhi Capitals Head Coach Ricky Ponting has tested positive for COVID. The family has now been moved into an isolation facility and is being well taken care of. Ponting himself has tested negative twice subsequently. However, in the best interest of the team, the management and medical team has decided that he will remain in isolation for five days, as he was a close contact,” Delhi Capitals said in a statement.
So far, 7 COVID-19 instances have been reported in DC. Tim Seifert tested positive for the illness just hours before their match versus Punjab Kings. Mitchell Marsh, who made his DC debut against Royal Challengers Bangalore a few days before Seifert, tested positive for the same. Other members of the backroom staff who have got the infection include DC’s physio Patrick Farhart, Chetan Kumar, Abhijit Salvi, and Akash Mane. The positive COVID-19 cases have had no effect on the match thus far, and everything is running smoothly.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
A family member of Delhi Capitals Head Coach Ricky Ponting has tested positive for COVID-19. The family has now been moved into an isolation facility and is being well taken care of. pic.twitter.com/FrQXjlSYRI
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 22, 2022
He will, therefore, not be present at the ground for tonight’s game against Rajasthan Royals. The franchise requests for Ponting and his family's privacy to be respected in the current scenario.
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 22, 2022
