<p>Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer T Natarajan has tested positive for Covid-19 but the team's IPL match against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday will go ahead as scheduled, the BCCI said.</p>.<p>Left-arm pacer Natarajan, who is coming back from a knee surgery, has been isolated along with six close contacts which also include out of favour India all-rounder Vijay Shankar.</p>.<p>"Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan tested positive for Covid-19 at a scheduled RT-PCR test. The player has isolated himself from the rest of the squad. He is currently asymptomatic," a BCCI release stated.</p>.<p>"The rest of the contingent including the close contacts underwent RT-PCR tests at 5AM local time this morning and the test reports are negative.</p>.<p>"As a result, tonight's game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals will go ahead at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai," it further stated.</p>.<p>The close contacts identified by the medical team also include Vijay Kumar(Team Manager), Shyam Sundar J (Physiotherapist), Anjana Vannan (Doctor), Tushar Khedkar (Logistics Manager), and Periyasamy Ganesan (Net Bowler).</p>.<p>As per the IPL's Standard Operating Procedure, Natarajan will now have to isolate for 10 days and test negative twice before being allowed back into the bubble.</p>.<p>The development is a major blow to SRH, who could not avail his services in the first leg due to injury.</p>.<p>The 30-year-old Natarajan has 20 IPL wickets from 24 matches that he has played.</p>.<p>The IPL resumed here on Sunday after it had to be halted in May due to multiple Covid cases in its bio-bubble when the event was being staged in India.</p>.<p>Even at that time, SRH was affected when senior wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha tested positive.</p>.<p>The league was suspended once his report came out, adding to the three cases that had been detected before that.</p>.<p>A league source told PTI that the organisers are no longer using a mobile app to track close contacts, which was a norm during the last edition in the UAE, and are relying on the afflicted person's inputs to monitor the spread.</p>.<p>"We don't know but that contact tracing app was a very good way to track bubble breaches, if any. I think this is a cost-cutting measure by the BCCI," the source said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer T Natarajan has tested positive for Covid-19 but the team's IPL match against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday will go ahead as scheduled, the BCCI said.</p>.<p>Left-arm pacer Natarajan, who is coming back from a knee surgery, has been isolated along with six close contacts which also include out of favour India all-rounder Vijay Shankar.</p>.<p>"Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan tested positive for Covid-19 at a scheduled RT-PCR test. The player has isolated himself from the rest of the squad. He is currently asymptomatic," a BCCI release stated.</p>.<p>"The rest of the contingent including the close contacts underwent RT-PCR tests at 5AM local time this morning and the test reports are negative.</p>.<p>"As a result, tonight's game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals will go ahead at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai," it further stated.</p>.<p>The close contacts identified by the medical team also include Vijay Kumar(Team Manager), Shyam Sundar J (Physiotherapist), Anjana Vannan (Doctor), Tushar Khedkar (Logistics Manager), and Periyasamy Ganesan (Net Bowler).</p>.<p>As per the IPL's Standard Operating Procedure, Natarajan will now have to isolate for 10 days and test negative twice before being allowed back into the bubble.</p>.<p>The development is a major blow to SRH, who could not avail his services in the first leg due to injury.</p>.<p>The 30-year-old Natarajan has 20 IPL wickets from 24 matches that he has played.</p>.<p>The IPL resumed here on Sunday after it had to be halted in May due to multiple Covid cases in its bio-bubble when the event was being staged in India.</p>.<p>Even at that time, SRH was affected when senior wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha tested positive.</p>.<p>The league was suspended once his report came out, adding to the three cases that had been detected before that.</p>.<p>A league source told PTI that the organisers are no longer using a mobile app to track close contacts, which was a norm during the last edition in the UAE, and are relying on the afflicted person's inputs to monitor the spread.</p>.<p>"We don't know but that contact tracing app was a very good way to track bubble breaches, if any. I think this is a cost-cutting measure by the BCCI," the source said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>