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CSK Coaches Mike Hussey, Lakshmipathy Balaji Test Positive for COVID-19
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting coach Mike Hussey has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes after the franchise's bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji also tested positive for the dreaded virus. Balaji and a support staff member tested positive on May 2. As per IPL protocols the rest of the CSK squad will now remain under isolation, CSK said in a tweet on Tuesday. Both Balaji and the staff member have been isolated from the rest of the squad and they are "in good spirits". In the wake of several players and support staff testing positive for COVID-19, IPL 2021 was postponed by the BCCI on Tuesday.
Earlier, Monday’s match between KKR and RCB was also deferred after two KKR players tested positive for Covid-19. KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for the virus, the IPL said, and both cricketers have been isolated from the rest of the squad.
Chennai Super Kings last played Mumbai Indians on 1st May. Rajasthan Royals’ last outing in the tournament was on May 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
‘The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting has unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect,’ BCCI said in a release.
