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Seifert, who represented the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, failed both his pre-departure tests and as a result will be taken into quarantine.
New Zealand Cricket says immediate advice is that he is experiencing moderate symptoms.
One of the two charter flights transporting New Zealand s IPL contingent back home has already departed India, and the other will leave this evening (NZ time) after being delayed for logistical reasons.
A New Zealand Cricket statement says: All those on the flights have been, and will be, observing prescribed pre-departure and in-flight protocols, including Covid-19 tests, social distancing, mask wearing and best-practice hygiene, and will again be assessed on arrival in Auckland.
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Seifert was part of Kolkata Knight Riders squad for IPL 2021
IPL 2021 was postponed after several players tested positive for COVID-19
Kiwi batsman Tim Seifert has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be travelling back to New Zealand on the charter flight with New Zealand s other Indian Premier League (IPL) players, support staff and commentators. Seifert, who represented the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL, failed both his pre-departure PCR tests and as a result will be taken into quarantine. Immediate advice is that he is experiencing moderate symptoms.
One of the two charter flights transporting New Zealand s IPL contingent back home has already departed India, and the other will leave this evening (NZ time) after being delayed for logistical reasons.
WELLINGTON: Most New Zealand players, coaches and support staff who were involved in the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) will return home on a charter flight on Friday.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said national captain Kane Williamson, Black Caps team-mates Kyle Jamieson and Mitchell Santner and team physiotherapist Tommy Simsek will remain in a secure bubble in the Indian capital Delhi before flying to London on May 11. An exemption to travel to England could not be obtained before that date.
New Zealand-based members of the New Zealand squad will fly to England on May 16 and 17 for a two-Test series and to play India in the final of World Test Championship. They will be joined by Williamson, Jamieson, Santner and Simsek once their isolation is completed.
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Elsewhere, Kane Williamson and three other New Zealanders on Friday flew to Maldives in a departure from their original plan. Updated May 07, 2021 · 11:04 pm File photo | Arjun Singh / Sportzpics for BCCI Chennai Super Kings batting coach Mike Hussey has tested negative for Covid-19 but remains in quarantine in a Chennai hotel, franchise CEO Kasi Viswanathan told PTI on Friday.
Australian media outlets reported that Hussey can join fellow countrymen in Maldives if he returns another negative test.
“He tested negative before getting on an air ambulance from Delhi to Chennai (on Thursday). He is doing fine. All other overseas personnel have left, head coach Stephen Fleming will be flying out tomorrow,” said Viswanathan.
New Zealand's IPL-based 3 Test players will depart India for the UK on May 11, NZC said on Thursday. Mumbai Indians fast bowler Trent Boult will visiti his family first before joining the Test squad in early June.