South Africa team stayed in same five-star Lucknow hotel as Kanika Kapoor
Kanika Kapoor, who was tested positive for the Covid-19 on Friday, after returning from London had attended a party at the Taj hotel in Lucknow. South Africa cricket team also stayed in the same hotel.
In Short
- South Africa cricket team were in the same Lucknow hotel were Kanika Kapoor stayed
- Kanika Kapoor was found coronavirus positive on Friday
- South Africa team were in India for the 3-match ODI series which was eventually suspended
The South Africa cricket team, which was in India for a 3-match ODI series in March, stayed in the same hotel as novel coronavirus-infected Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor, sources told Indiatoday.in on Sunday.
Kanika Kapoor, who was tested positive for the Covid-19 on Friday, after returning from London had attended a party at the Taj hotel in Lucknow. The hotel has been shut since the new broke out with no reason cited for doing so.
The Taj hotel, Lucknow, when contacted, did not give any official statement.
Before it was eventually suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the cricket boards of the two countries agreed upon playing out the 3-match ODI series as scheduled.
After the first match in Dharamsala got washed out, the remaining 2 ODIs on March 15 and March 18, which were earlier scheduled to be played behind closed doors in Lucknow and Kolkata, were indefinitely postponed.
Nonetheless, the players and the support staff of the two teams were spotted arriving in Lucknow on March 13 wearing masks.
After their 3-match ODI series was called off due to the virus outbreak, the South African players and the support staff stayed put in Lucknow where the second match was slated before checking into a hotel in Kolkata on March 16 as the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) took all precautions for their safe return home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The team then flew back home with a stopover in the then 'safest' city Kolkata to catch their connecting flight for Dubai.
"Everything is fine. Their rooms are all sanitised. Our liaison manager, medical team are also there in two rooms. They are all equipped with special masks, sanitiser. We have spoken to the players, they are fine," Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Avishek Dalmiya had said after the team's arrival in Kolkata.
After returning home, the South African players were asked to self-isolate themselves for a minimum of 14 days to ensure the safety of themselves and their close ones.