Delhi Capitals v Punjab Kings moved to Mumbai as Covid-19 cases swell to five

Mitchell Marsh is among the positives in the Capitals camp, leading to their next IPL match being switched from Pune

Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings' upcoming Indian Premier League clash has been moved to Mumbai amid an outbreak of Covid-19 cases.

Capitals have detected five positives within their group in recent days.

So to avoid unnecessary travel to Pune, whose MCA International Stadium was due to host the game on Wednesday (April 20), both sides will remain in Mumbai with Brabourne Stadium staging the match.

Australia allrounder Mitchell Marsh became the first player to test positive for Covid-19 during this season's IPL.

He is among a quintet of individuals to have returned a positive result from daily rounds of RT-PCR tests, carried out since April 16.

^{Mitchell Marsh (BCCI)}

The remainder of the party have returned negatives from the latest set of tests carried out on Tuesday (April 19) and they will all be tested again before facing Kings.

Physio Patrick Farhat, massage therapist Chetan Kumar, team doctor Abhijit Salvi and Akash Mane, a member of the social media team, have also contracted the virus.

All individuals who test positive must observe a seven-day mandatory isolation period and are permitted to resume their duties if they return negatives on days six and seven.

Tournament organisers had hoped tighter restrictions, punishments to deter bubble breaches and limited travel between venues would avoid a repeat of 2021 when the tournament had to be postponed and moved to the United Arab Emirates.

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