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KKR’s Tim Seifert tests positive for Covid-19, to be treated in Chennai before flying home
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert, who was part of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad at the suspended 2021 edition of the IPL, has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, he will not be on the charter flight with other members of the New Zealand contingent at the IPL. Instead, he will stay in isolation in Ahmadabad as he awaits transfer to Chennai, where he will be treated at a private hospital.
Seifert failed both his pre-departure PCR tests, according to a New Zealand Cricket (NZC) press release issued on Saturday, and is experiencing ‘moderate symptoms’. The statement said that Seifert had returned seven negative tests in the ten days leading up to his pre-departure protocols.
Earlier this week, the Knight Riders Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for Covid-19, which was the first instance of positive cases within an IPL team bubble since the 2021 season started. “Once Seifert has undergone treatment and the statutory period of isolation and has tested negative for Covid-19, he will be transferred back to New Zealand where he will undergo the mandatory 14-day period of managed isolation,” the statement said, adding that he would be treated at the same facility where Michael Hussey, the former Australia cricketer who is the Chennai Super Kings' batting coach, is being treated since testing positive earlier this week.
