The 30th of the IPL, played this evening between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore, has been postponed. According to the news of Cricbuzz, Corona report of two players has come up positive. According to media reports, some players and support staff of the Kolkata team, are ill. Therefore, the management has isolated the rest. For this reason, the match against RCB can be postponed.
Kolkata’s performance in this season has not been good. The team is seventh in the points table. So far, KKR has won only two matches out of 7 played, while it has suffered defeat in five. The team has lost three of the last four matches.
Bengaluru’s team was worried about Corona infection after Kolkata Knight Riders players were found infected. According to sports website ESPN Cricinfo, it has been decided to postpone today’s match between the two.
Many players were infected before the tournament
Even before the start of IPL-2021, many players were hit by Corona. Nitish Rana of Kolkata Knight Riders, Devdutt Padikkal of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Akshar Patel of Delhi Capitals, Enrich Norkia and Daniel Sams had also been infected. IPL is being done in 6 places in the country including Delhi. In such a situation, there is a risk of players getting infected while moving from one place to another.