Two ATK Mohun Bagan players -- Prabir Das and SK Sahil -- tested positive for Covid-19, hours before their AFC Cup Group D matches in Maldives were postponed by the continental football governing body. The duo returned positive after all the team members underwent Covid-19 tests at a private hospital in Kolkata on May 7 before their earlier scheduled travel to Maldives capital, Male for the Group D matches.

Under the AFC protocols, competing players have to produce Covid-19 negative reports two days before departure from their home base. "Yes, Prabir Das and Sahil have tested positive and so they will be left out. All others have negative results," a source in the ATKMB team told PTI on conditions of anonymity.