IPL 2021: THIS KKR batsman breaks down as he recalls COVID-19 ordeal in India

Now back in New Zealand, Tim Seifert said his ‘heart sank straight away’ when a team official told him of his COVID-19 positive test.

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert broke down in tears on Tuesday (May 25) as he recalled fearing the worst after testing positive for COVID-19 in India following the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) suspension. Seifert, who had been with IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders, was unable to exit India with other New Zealand cricketers after he returned a positive test and became the last foreign player left in the country. Now back in New Zealand, Seifert said his ‘heart sank straight away’ when a team official told him of his positive test. “The world kind of stops a little bit,” he told reporters in a video call from hotel quarantine in Auckland. “I just couldn’t really think what was next. And that was the scary part of it. “You hear about the bad things, and I thought that was going to happen to me.” What gets Tim Seifert through days in quarantine?