The inaugural edition of the Road Safety World Series hosted at the Saheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur concluded with the Indian legends scripting victory against Sri Lanka Legends by 12 runs in the final and lifting the elite T20 Trophy. The entire tournament was conducted in a bio-secure bubble in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

Though the tournament concluded without any roadblocks, a few days after the league, Indian Legends skipper and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Tendulkar has self-isolated himself at his home and had informed regarding his health via his official Twitter handle.

“I have been testing myself and taking all the recommended precautions to ensure Covid is kept at bay. However, I’ve tested positive today following mild symptoms. All others at home have tested negative. I’ve quarantined myself at home and am following all the necessary protocols as advised by my doctors. I want to thank all the healthcare professionals who are supporting me and many others across the country. Take care all of you,” Tendulkar had tweeted.

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— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 27, 2021

Sri Lanka government on alert after four Indian players test positive

After this, the fans had to deal with more bad news as it was learned that Sachin’s India Legends teammates Yusuf Pathan, and S Badrinath have also tested positive for the deadly virus. The new addition to this list is another Indian cricketer who had featured in the Road Safety World Series, Irfan Pathan.

After four India Legends players tested positive for COVID-19, the Sri Lanka government has become alert and therefore has instructed all the cricketers, who had flown to India to be a part of the Road Safety Series, to self-quarantine themselves at their respective houses according to Sri Lankan website Daily Mirror.

The health authorities have asked all players of the Sri Lanka Legends cricket team to undergo self-quarantine till next Saturday. The players will be allowed to come out of isolation only when they will return the negative reports in the RT PCR tests which will be conducted after the completion of their quarantine period.