Accoridng to the latest reports, players will have to exit from the tournament and their teams, a hefty fine of ₹1 crore besides deduction in points if a player is found breaching the bio-bubble put in place for the IPL. In a notification sent to all the eight participating franchises by the BCCI, a player will have to undergo a six-day quarantine for an “unauthorized departure” from the bubble.
It will be a one-match suspension if a player is found breaching for the second time and the third time then he will be removed from the tournament with no replacement to be provided. The players will be receiving a fine of 3000 AED (60,000 INR approx) for not completing their daily health passport, not wearing a GPS tracker, and missing a scheduled COVID-19 test.
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The same rules apply to family members and team officials. All players and support staff will be tested every fifth day of the tournament in the UAE. The team officials need to be very careful in ensuring that the strict bio-bubble is not breached.
If a franchise allows “any person into the bubble to interact with players/support staff”, they will have to pay a hefty amount of ₹1 core at the first offense, a point will be deducted at the second offense, and two points (equivalent to one win) for the third violation.
In an unlikely but possible scenario when a team is not able to field a playing XI as less than 12 players are available, the BCCI will try to reschedule the match and if that is not possible, the match would be deemed lost. Teams also face a BCCI inquiry in case of repeated violations of health and safety calls put in place for the event taking place amid the pandemic.
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It should also be noted that no positive cases reported ever since 13 members of the CSK squad, including two players, failed their COVID tests and recovered after going through the mandatory quarantine. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed over a million lives globally since its beginning in China’s Wuhan.
