Royal Challengers Bangalore’s domestic players and support staff entered their home towns from specific pre-identified hubs as the foreign recruits left for their respective destinations via charter flights.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli reached Mumbai on Tuesday, the day Indian Premier League was indefinitely suspended due to multiple Covid-19 cases in its bio-bubble. By Thursday early morning, all the other playing and non-playing staff had also left for their onward destinations.
“We worked in consultation with BCCI and the respective cricket boards to ensure the safe return of all our personnel to their homes. There are stringent SOPs put in place by us, for those who are transiting from central hubs to their respective cities,” RCB said in a press release.
“We will be in constant touch with them till they reach home and continue to offer support to our personnel whenever necessary,” it stated.
In consultation with the BCCI, RCB booked a chartered flight for all its domestic…