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BREAKING NEWS: The IPL cricket tournament is suspended INDEFINITELY after a third team was affected by a positive Covid-19 case and bio-secure bubble was breached in two cities

The Indian Premier League has been suspended indefinitely after a third team was affected by a Covid-19 outbreak.

Sunrisers Hyderabad wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha returned a positive test on Tuesday, prompting all fixtures to be suspended with immediate effect.

They are the third team to be affected in the space of a few days after the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Super Kings.

With the Covid bio-bubble now breached in both Ahmedabad and Delhi, two of the venues currently hosting the Twenty20 tournament, the organisers took the decision to suspend matches.

It comes as India struggles to cope with the Covid-19 crisis as cases soared past 20 million and deaths approached 220,000 with the health system on the verge of collapse.