2 waiters and 17 players in each IPL team bio-bubble for matches
Updated On: 18 September, 2020 01:09 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Only people who are part of a teams hotel bubble will be able to travel with that team.
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Mumbai Indians's players celebrate winning the 2019 Indian Premier League title after beating Chennai Super Kings at Hyderabad for their fourth triumph. Pic/ Getty Images
Only those who are part of an Indian Premier League (IPL) team's 'hotel bubble' - including two waiters -- will be able to travel in the buses when teams will move between hotels and stadiums for matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Saturday.Each team will travel in two buses -- instead of one that would be sufficient in India - and the match officials who will be doing duty will also be secured in a similar 'bio bubble', according to a source. "Each team will carry only 17 players and 12 coaching/support staff, two waiters, and two logistical personnel in two buses when they travel from hotels to stadiums and on their way back. Only people who are part of a team's 'hotel bubble' will be able to travel with that team. You can only operate at 50 per cent capacity of a bus here," the source told IANS from the UAE. "Everyone associated with the IPL in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, whether that person is an Indian or from any other nationality, is undergoing a Covid test here every sixth day. These people include stadium staff, pitch/ground staff, and all those closely connected with the tournament," he said.
The UAE, particularly Abu Dhabi, has put in place strict Covid-19 protocol, and the IPL teams will also have to comply with these. There was a big scare soon after the teams landed in UAE when 13 personnel with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) tested positive and later an assistant physiotherapist of Delhi Capitals also returned a positive Covid result. But since then things have stabilised with teams tightening the rules. In India, when an IPL team would move between its hotel and the stadium, a team would move in a single bus. The match officials would move separately, in cars.
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