The grounds of the virus spread days ahead of the IPL games had worried the league teams. The current season of the IPL will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates from September 19.
BCCI said 13 members of the team had spelled positive of which two are players and all the affected personnel and their close contacts are symptomatic and they have been isolated from other members.
The exit of one of the trusted lieutenants of Dhoni's army from the current IPL season had shocked fans as this is the first time their 'Chinna Thala' would be missing the entire season of the IPL.
Dhoni has been an asset and treasure for the team and during his career as Man in Blue, he led the team through his able, stable, and promising leadership and he had lifted many trophies successfully which his predecessors had dreamt off.
Vivo had signed a five year deal with the BCCI in 2018 and secured the title sponsorship for IPL for Rs 2,199 crore which if put across in the yearly average would come around Rs 440 crore annually.
