Tim Seifert was playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 



WELLINGTON: New Zealand batsman Tim Seifert had to remain in India subsequent to testing positive for the Covid as his kindred Kiwi cricketers escaped the COVID-19 emergency in India for the Maldives, authorities said Saturday. 



Seifert, who was playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL), bombed his pre-flight tests and has been put in isolate. 


Test players engaged with the IPL - Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner and Kyle Jamieson - had wanted to remain in New Delhi prior to making a trip to England for their forthcoming Test arrangement however have now chosen to move to the Maldives. 


The IPL, the world's most extravagant Twenty20 cricket competition, was suspended for security reasons on Tuesday as contaminations in India flooded. 


One of two contract flights taking the rest of New Zealand's IPL unforeseen home has left India and the other will leave later Saturday. 


Seifert is to be treated at a similar Chennai medical clinic where previous Australian player Michael Hussey has been remaining since testing positive prior in the week. 


"It's truly awful for Tim and we'll thoroughly take care of him that we can from this end, and ideally he will actually want to test negative, and be cleared and affirmed for release when he's well once more," New Zealand Cricket supervisor David White said. 


The Test players selected to leave India subsequent to learning their entrance to England, at first expected to be next Tuesday, was probably going to be deferred a further week. 


Dark Caps bowling lead Trent Boult is additionally among the 16 IPL players, authorities and media getting back to New Zealand and will invest energy with his family prior to joining the Test crew in England.