Pune, Jan 10 : The upcoming knockout matches of the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy are in doubt after 57 people, including players, support staff and others involved in the tournament, have tested positive for Covid-19, said a report in The Indian Express.
When the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to postpone the Ranji Trophy, the Senior Women’s T20 League and Col CK Nayudu Trophy in the 2021/22 season on January 4 due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in the country, there was no mention on postponement of the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy knockouts stage.
But with Covid-19 positive cases in 30 players, nine support staff members, and the rest groundsmen and match officials on duty for the tournament, a decision might come soon on postponing the knockouts.”We will take a call on it soon.As the tournament was already on, we didn’t want it to stop but soon we will have to take a decision on it,” a BCCI official was quoted as saying in the report.
Eight teams – Mumbai, Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Bengal had qualified for the Cooch Behar Trophy knockouts.They were scheduled to play their four-day knockout matches (Jharkhand v Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan v Mumbai, Maharashtra v Vidarbha and Bengal v Haryana) in Pune starting from Tuesday.
“Out of the 30 players found Covid positive, six are from Mumbai but there have been cases in each team.Mumbai and Maharashtra had played their league games in Pune itself and were already stationed there.One player from Mumbai tested positive on Saturday and his roommate was isolated.
A majority of the players have not yet been vaccinated as they have been in a bio-bubble for the last one month playing league games.However, it is learnt that most of the cases detected are asymptomatic,” further said the report.
Teams outside of Mumbai and Maharashtra flew in from their respective locations on Saturday and were scheduled to undergo three-day quarantine.The report also said that the players have to share rooms and undergo daily tests for the next three days.IANSnr
Six of the thirty players who were found Covid-positive are from Mumbai, but each side has had cases.Maharashtra and Mumbai had already been stationed in Pune after they played their league matches.
On Saturday, one player from Mumbai was positive for the virus and his roommate was also isolated.The majority of players are not yet vaccinated because they were in a biobubble the past month while playing league games.It is however learned that the majority of cases found are not symptomatic.” The report also stated that teams from Maharashtra and Mumbai flew into their respective cities on Saturday to receive three-day quarantine.According to the report, the teams will be sharing rooms with the other players and must undergo daily testing for the three following days.
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