Mumbai: The preparation for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches at the Wankhede Stadium suffered a setback after eight groundsmen of the stadium tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
It was known during the tests conducted ahead of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) 2021 edition.
While three were confirmed to have contracted the virus during the tests conducted on March 26, five more reports from the tests conducted on April 1 returned positive on Friday. It could not be ascertained whether the remaining groundstaffers were isolated after a few had been found to be infected during the first round of testing.
The Wankhede is scheduled to host 10 league games from April 10 to 25.
The development comes barely a week before the IPL 2021 is scheduled to begin with defending champion Mumbai Indians scheduled to take on Royal Challangers Bangalore in Chennai on April 9.
