The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed in a statement that the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai will host Match No. 32 between the Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in the ongoing IPL 2022 on April 20 instead of the MCA Stadium in Pune.

The IPL 2022 match between the Delhi Capitals and the Punjab Kings was originally planned to take place at the MCA Stadium, but when many positive COVID-19 instances in the DC camp were reported on Monday, the entire party was asked to return to their hotel rooms in Mumbai.

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“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced a change of venue for Match No. 32 – Delhi Capital versus Punjab Kings from MCA Stadium, Pune to Brabourne – CCI scheduled on April 20th, 2022, to avoid any further incident due to an undetected case during a long-distance bus journey in a closed environment,” in a statement, BCCI stated.

The BCCI said in a statement that the change of venue was prompted by five COVID-19 positive instances within the Delhi Capitals’ squad. Mitchell Marsh (all-rounder), Abhijit Salvi (team medic), and Akash Mane (member of the social media content team) all tested positive on Monday.

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On April 16, Chetan Kumar (sports massage therapist) tested positive, while on April 15, physiotherapist Patrick Farhart became the first case of COVID-19 in IPL 2022 when the virus infected him.

All members who have tested positive for COVID-19 are being isolated and monitored, according to the statement. On the sixth and seventh days, the five members will be tested, and if both tests come back negative, they will be re-integrated into the Delhi Capitals bio-secured bubble.

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Since Farhart’s release on April 16, the entire Delhi Capitals contingent has been subjected to daily RT-PCR testing beginning the next day, according to the announcement. The results of the fourth set of RT-PCR testing, which was conducted on April 19th, were negative.

On the morning of April 20th, the Delhi Capitals will go through another round of RT-PCR testing. In May of last year, during the pinnacle of the second wave in India, the IPL had to be suspended. The BCCI then relocated the event to the United Arab Emirates.

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After repeated postponements due to India‘s epidemic, the full IPL 2020 was hosted in the UAE. To reduce the possibility of COVID-19, the BCCI is playing the league phase of the IPL 2022 in four stadiums across Maharashtra.