The fiery Delhi Capitals (DC) fast bowler, Anrich Nortje, who had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, has finally finished his mandatory quarantine period, as informed by the team said on Friday. As per the reports of NDTV, Nortje had tested positive on Wednesday, April 14. The fiery pacer and fellow South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada had been in mandatory quarantine after their arrival in India on April 6.
DC posted a video of Notyje joining the squad and captioned it as: “Our South Africa pace superstar is now out of quarantine. After a false-positive result for COVID-19, Anrich Nortje tested negative thrice and is now part of our team bubble. We can’t wait to see him in action.”
He's here 💙
Our 🇿🇦 pace superstar is now out of quarantine. After a false positive result for COVID-19, Anrich Nortje tested negative thrice, and is now part of our team bubble.
We can't wait to see him in action 🔥#YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2021 @AnrichNortje02 @TajMahalMumbai pic.twitter.com/8dGh2GlniK
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) April 16, 2021
In the video, Anrich Nortje can be heard saying, “Main aa gaya hoon (I have returned). It was nice to see everyone at breakfast. Finally, out of my room, so excited to get to training today. Looking forward to getting to the stadium. It was nice to finally watch the IPL and it’s nice to see it in India as well.”
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Pacers Nortje and Rabada played key roles in DC’s run to reach their maiden IPL final in 2020. While Nortje picked up 22 wickets from 16 matches, Rabada finished the last season of the IPL as the highest wicket-taker in 2020 with 30 wickets from 17 matches.
Rabada returned to the DC XI in their second match of the season, against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, after missing the first match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 10.
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With Nortje out of quarantine, DC will be expected to have their frontline fast bowlers bowling in tandem for them when they will be locking horns with the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Sunday in their next match.
