IPL 2020 SOPs: Families Allowed To Accompany Players In UAE

As the cricket board continues to gear up for a re-scheduled IPL 2020, it has released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which needs to be maintained by players for their safety in the novel coronavirus epidemic situation. The lucrative tournament will be played in UAE from September 19 to November 10 and the board has said that families can accompany players and support staffs.

The cricket board released a 16-page SOP document containing an overview of safety and health protocols addressed to the franchise, has listed in detail the guidelines to be followed by families during their stay in the UAE in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The SOP has clarified that families of players and support staff, team owners and Dope Control Testing Officers are among the other members apart from players, match officials, team doctors who will be allowed to be in biosecure environments

Families will have to follow the same guidelines for the Bio-secure environment

• Testing protocols.
• Social distancing protocols with other players, other families and team support staff.
• Wear a facemask while interacting with other players, other families and team support staff.
• Hand hygiene.
• Respiratory etiquettes.
• Not permitted to meet anyone outside the Bio-Secure Environment.
• Sharing of food & drinks to be avoided.
• Families are not permitted to travel on the same vehicle carrying players and team support staff to the venues for training and matches.
• Families are not permitted to enter the Players and Match Official Area and field of play at any time during training and matches.
• Any family member who breaches the Bio-Secure protocols will have to quarantine for 7 days and return two negative PCR tests on Day 6 and Day 7, to be allowed to re-enter the Bio-Secure Environment.