The Covid-19 virus has rocked the Delhi Capitals (DC) camp within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 and the most recent individual to return a optimistic take a look at is New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert. On Wednesday, the BCCI issued an official assertion previous to the group’s fixture towards Punjab Kings (PBKS) to substantiate the event. However, it added that the sport would go as per the schedule.

Seifert’s go to to India for the IPL hasn’t been easy prior to now two seasons. It’s the second time when he’s going through an inconvenience after contracting the lethal virus.

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Back in 2021, when the India leg of the match was referred to as off mid-way, the Kiwi cricketer was held again after returning a optimistic take a look at. While his countrymen left for dwelling in a chartered flight, he was requested to stay in isolation as he failed each his pre-departure PCR checks and skilled “moderate symptoms”.

Though he examined damaging final week earlier than returning dwelling, the isolation had taken a toll on his thoughts. After returning dwelling, Seifert addressed a digital media interplay and had narrated the ‘scary’ storyand finally, broke down.

“The Chennai Super Kings manager showed me the positive on the top of the test. The world stops and I just couldn’t really think what was next and that was the scariest part of it – you hear about the bad things and I thought that was going to happen to me,” mentioned Seifert after returning to New Zealand after the suspension of IPL 2021.

Seifert, who was part of Kolkata Knight Riders final 12 months, had credited Brendon McCullum and Stephen Fleming for serving to him through the time.

“They made everything a lot easier,” Seifert mentioned. “They made sure that things would be put in place and the CSK management and CEO of KKR, made life easy for me to know that everything would be alright and when that time was to come home, they’d try everything to get me home safely.”

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“It was definitely hard getting told but once a few days had gone by and everything had calmed down a bit… I just knew it was about getting through it and thinking of the positives,” he added.

“My fiance was quite happy I’m back a bit earlier so I can help with all the planning.”

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