Kolkata Knight Riders’ Tim Seifert who had tested positive for Covid-19 in India, broke down during a chat with New Zealand Herald. The Kiwi wicket-keeper batsman narrated how he felt after testing positive for the disease.
“I got pulled aside and told I’d tested positive and my heart sank straight away when everyone left. I was the only overseas player basically still left in India out of the whole tournament. That’s when things got a little bit real,” an emotional Seifert told the New Zealand Herald.
Earlier, the IPL 2021 was suspended on May 4 with immediate effect after there were positive cases of Covid-19 found within the teams.
SRH’s Wriddhiman Saha, DC’s Amit Mishra, KKR’s Sandeep Warrior and Varun Chakravarthy, and CSK’s bowling coach L.Balaji and batting coach Mike Hussey had tested positive for the disease.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had earlier said that the cash-rich league has only been put to a halt and not cancelled.
In the recent developments, the BCCI is likely to hold the remainder of the IPL in the UAE between September 19-October 10.