The world’s richest cricket board operates with strong values and regulations, keeping its players’ health above all. The Board of Control For Cricket In India tends to keep with its isolation policy for those players who are tested positive for Covid-19.
Unlike other leagues around the world, where players have been allowed to play despite testing positive for COVID-19, the BCCI is taking no chances and sticking to its isolation policy, which requires players to quarantine for at least a week before rejoining their respective franchises, according to ESPNcricinfo.
“Although the number of Covid-19 cases in India has decreased, we must remain vigilant for developing strains that are becoming a worry at regular intervals. Positive patients must be isolated for no longer than seven days. During the period of isolation, positive patients would be barred from participating in any match or activity/event “medical guidelines for the IPL, which were provided to all the franchisees.
The criteria also say that the participants must have two negative TR-PCR tests within 24 hours of each other to rejoin. The tests will only be performed when the athletes have been asymptomatic for 24 hours and have not taken any medicine. If the player tests positive after seven days, the period of two negative RT-PCR tests will be lowered to 12 hours.
Tahila McGrath became the first player to play a game of cricket while being COVID-19 positive at the Commonwealth Games T20 final. Numerous leagues across the world have followed and there have been no official COVID standards, but because there is so much at risk in the IPL. On the other hand, BCCI does not want to leave any space for the risks that may worsen henceforth and will continue with its isolation policy.
The Indian cash-rich league will begin on March 31 with a showdown between Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans and MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings.
