Sports / After Corona on IPL, RCB's Devdutt Padikkal gets infected after Akshar Patel

There are only a few days left for the IPL 2021 to begin. On the other hand, corona cases are also increasing steadily. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Devdutt Padikkal has become Corona positive. The 20-year-old pedicel has been separated from the RCB squad. He has been sent on segregation. The team is in Chennai, where they will face Mumbai Indians on 9 April in the inaugural match.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 04, 2021, 11:43 AM
There are only a few days left for the IPL 2021 to begin. On the other hand, corona cases are also increasing steadily. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Devdutt Padikkal has become Corona positive. The 20-year-old pedicel has been separated from the RCB squad. He has been sent on segregation. The team is in Chennai, where they will face Mumbai Indians on 9 April in the inaugural match.

On Saturday, Delhi Capitals all-rounder Akshar Patel was found to be Corona positive. And now Royal Challengers Bangalore have suffered a setback. Devdutt running in the form is in the grip of the Padikkal Corona. Earlier, Nitish Rana of KKR was found positive, although now he has joined the team after coming negative.

The world's most breathtaking T20 league will be played in six cities in India this time. The current season will begin with the match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on 9 April in Chennai. On the other hand, the cases of Kovid-19 in Mumbai are increasing rapidly. 10 employees of the Wankhede Stadium and six members associated with the competition management have been found positive with the deadly virus.

Devdutt Padikkal of Karnataka performed brilliantly this time in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Padikkal scored 737 runs in 7 matches at an average of 147.4, including four centuries and three half-centuries. However, his team Karnataka lost in the semi-finals. He was the highest run-scorer after Prithvi Shaw.

Devdutt Padikkal was the highest run-scorer for RCB in IPL 2020. He scored 473 runs in 15 matches, including his 5 fifties.