The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced that the match between the Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings will go scheduled on April 22, 2022. The match venue, which was changed from Pune’s MCA Stadium to the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai earlier, has been revised again. The Wankhede Stadium will host the 34th tie of IPL 2022. 

The decision was made after New Zealand wicketkeeper Tim Seifert tested positive for COVID-19 hours before the game. He is the sixth case in the Delhi Capitals camp. 

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“The entire Delhi Capitals contingent underwent two rounds of COVID testing today. Today’s match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings is to be held at Brabourne. CCI-IPL will go ahead as per the schedule after the second round of COVID tests returned negative today,” the BCCI said. 

Seifert’s positive result came days after Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to caught the infection. 

Officials from the Punjab franchise told PTI the squad was ready to leave for the venue.

As per the IPL regulations, a minimum of 12 players including seven Indians are needed for the game to go ahead in case of a COVID outbreak. There is also an option to reschedule the game if the minimum player requirement is not met.

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The BCCI was on Tuesday forced to shift the game to Mumbai from Pune “to avoid any further incident due to any undetected case during a long-distance bus journey in a closed environment”.

Delhi physio Patrick Farhart and sports massage therapist Chetan Kumar had tested positive last week. 

Multiple cases across four teams had forced the organisers to suspended the IPL last season before it was completed in the UAE in September-October.