DC pacer Anrich Nortje tests positive for COVID-19
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Anrich Nortje ruled out of Champions Trophy 2025
15 Jan 25
South Africa and Delhi Capitals pacer Anrich Nortje has tested positive for Covid-19. Nortje had arrived in India after featuring in a bilateral series against Pakistan and was serving quarantine. Nortje, along with fellow countrymen Kagiso Rabada arrived in Mumbai on April 6.
Speaking to ANI, sources in the know of developments said that the pacer tested positive while undergoing quarantine. "He came in with a negative report, but has unfortunately tested positive now while undergoing quarantine," the source said.
In the ODI series against Pakistan, Nortje was unstoppable. In the two matches he took seven wickets. Nortje returned with 4/51 in the first ODI in Centurion, and added more wickets to his total in the following match in Johannesburg.
Nortje is the second DC player to have tested positive after all-rounder Axar Patel on April 3, six days before the start of the new edition of the tournament. The South Africa pacer came in as a replacement for Chris Woakes, who had pulled out of the tournament to keep himself fit for the international schedule.
