IPL 2020: Rajasthan Royals fielding coach tests positive for COVID-19

The Rajasthan based franchise stated that it “implemented an extra test for all players, support staff and management travelling to the UAE in addition to the two tests recommended by BCCI, to ensure as robust a process as possible.”

New Delhi: Dishant Yagnik, the fielding coach of Rajasthan Royals, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Yagnik took it to Twitter to announce the news and urged the ones who had been in contact with him to get tested.

"Hi all, I hv tested COVID +. Pls get tested if you hv been in contact with me in the last 10 days. Inline wd BCCI protocols I will be now quarantining for 14 days. I will then need 2 ngtv tests b4 joining the team @rajasthanroyals in UAE. Thx 4 yr blessings & good wishes!" he wrote on Twitter.

• Hi all, I hv tested COVID +. Pls get tested if you hv been in contact with me in the last 10 days. In line wd BCCI protocols I will be now quarantining for 14 days. I will then need 2 ngtv tests b4 joining the team @rajasthanroyals in UAE. Thx 4 yr blessings & good wishes!

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  Hi all, I hv tested COVID +. Pls get tested if you hv been in contact with me in the last 10 days. In line wd BCCI protocols I will be now quarantining for 14 days. I will then need 2 ngtv tests b4 joining the team @rajasthanroyals in UAE. Thx 4 yr blessings & good wishes!

  — Dishant Yagnik (@Dishantyagnik77) August 12, 2020

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  Hi all, I hv tested COVID +. Pls get tested if you hv been in contact with me in the last 10 days. In line wd BCCI protocols I will be now quarantining for 14 days. I will then need 2 ngtv tests b4 joining the team @rajasthanroyals in UAE. Thx 4 yr blessings & good wishes!

  — Dishant Yagnik (@Dishantyagnik77) August 12, 2020

According to the protocols, Yagnik will now quarantine himself for 14 days and he will fly to UAE only if his next two tests come negative.

In a statement, the Rajasthan based franchise stated that it “implemented an extra test for all players, support staff and management travelling to the UAE in addition to the two tests recommended by BCCI, to ensure as robust a process as possible.”

“We request everyone who has been in close proximity to Dishant in the past 10 days to self isolate and get tested for COVID-19. We can confirm that no Rajasthan Royals or other IPL players have been in close proximity to Dishant in the past 10 days. We wish Dishant a speedy recovery and look forward to him joining the Royals camp soon in the UAE,” the franchise added.

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to start from September 19 in UAE.