IPL 2021: CSK batting coach Hussey tests positive for COVID-19

The 14th edition of the lucrative T20 league was indefinitely suspended due to a COVID-19 outbreak in its bio-bubble.

Published : May 04, 2021 22:31 IST

CSK batting coach Mike Hussey alongside Ravindra Jadeja. (FILE IMAGE)
CSK batting coach Mike Hussey alongside Ravindra Jadeja. (FILE IMAGE)
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CSK batting coach Mike Hussey alongside Ravindra Jadeja. (FILE IMAGE)

Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19, a day after the IPL team's bowling coach L. Balaji returned positive for the virus.

This was confirmed by Indian Premier League (IPL) sources hours after the 14th edition of the lucrative T20 league was indefinitely suspended due to a COVID-19 outbreak in its bio-bubble.

READ | IPL postponed due to Covid-19 cases

Hussey's test reports came on Tuesday.

"Hussey was tested and his sample came positive. We sent it for retesting but that has also come positive," an IPL source told PTI .

On Monday, CSK bowling coach Balaji along with Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers Sandeep Warrier and Varun Chakravarthy had also returned positive results.

The spread of infections had led to postponement of two IPL games earlier.

The suspension of the league was announced after Sunrisers Hyderabad's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha tested positive for COVID-19 along with Delhi Capitals' veteran spinner Amit Mishra.

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