Cricket: First COVID case hits IPL, but Dubai match to go ahead
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Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Thangarasu Natarajan is first IPL player to test positive just ahead of match with Delhi Capitals.
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Thangarasu Natarajan has become the first Indian Premier League (IPL) player to test positive for coronavirus just ahead of the team’s match on Wednesday, organisers say.
Natarajan and six close contacts, including all-rounder Vijay Shankar, have been isolated from the players who will face Delhi Capitals in the Twenty20 tournament in Dubai.
However, the IPL fixture between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals will still go ahead at the Dubai International Stadium.
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