IPL 2021: NZ coach Gary Stead comes up with an update regarding Tom Seifert’s COVID-19 status

Tom Seifert few days back tested positive for COVID-19. He missed his flight with fellow countrymen after the IPL 2021 got suspended due to irregular application of Bio-Secure bubble. Tom Seifert although didn’t played any game for his franchise, but unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19.

Now, the New Zealand coach Gary Stead’s come up with an update regarding Tom Seifert’s condition.

“He’s (Tom Seifert) in that difficult situation of being over there and sort of isolated a little bit as well. Obviously, it was distressing early on to get that news but I think he’s in a much better space now that there is a plan around him,” Stead was quoted as saying by stuff.co.nz.

The New Zealand Cricket issued a statement on Saturday about Tom Seifert’s contacting of COVID-19.

“Tom Seifert, who represented the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, failed both his pre-departure PCR tests and as a result will be taken into quarantine. Immediate advice is that he is experiencing moderate symptoms.”