RCB is scheduled to play their first match against Mumbai Indians on 9 April and before that the team has received this good news.
Devadatta Pikkal is a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore, captained by Virat Kohli in the IPL.
Prior to the start of the Indian Premier League 2021 (IPL 2021) season, there are reports of coronavirus infection. In the last few days, along with the players, the employees have also come in the grip of infection. Among the teams affected by this is Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), captained by Virat Kohli, whose two players got infected with Corona. However, the team is relieved, as its young batsman Devdutt Padikkal has now fully recovered from the virus and has joined the team in Chennai. This news is very important for RCB, because the hopes of playing in the first match of Padikkal have been aroused.
The day of April 7 was mixed for RCB. The news of the first team’s Australian all-rounder Daniel Symes being corona infected. Symes is with the team in Chennai itself and the report of his second test was positive. He is currently in isolation. However, after this, there was news of a relief for the team. Young batsman Devdutt Padikkal has joined the team after getting fit.
Pedicels came in the team’s bio-bubble
Padikkal, who scored the most runs for RCB in the previous season, joined the team’s bio-bubble in Chennai on Wednesday. The franchisee issued a statement regarding this. According to the statement,
“We are happy to inform that Devdutt Padikkal, a left-handed batsman from Royal Challengers Bangalore joined the team on 7 April 2021 following the negative report of Kovid-19 as per BCCI rules. RCB’s medical team was constantly in touch with Devdutt to ensure his safety and well-being. “
From March 22, Quarantine was at home
20-year-old Padikkal of Karnataka was found corona infected on 22 March last month. At that time, he was still in his house in Bengaluru. Due to this, he remained in isolation in his house and only after his test was negative twice, he was given entry in the team’s bio-bubble. Padikkal made his debut last season and was the team’s top scorer with 473 runs in 15 matches.
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