Manchester: A member of Indian support staff has been tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the team to cancel the training session ahead of the fifth test against England starting on Friday.
A BCCI official confirmed the development to PTI.
However, the identity of supporting staff members cannot be ascertained.
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The players have been advised to stay in their rooms.
Head coach Ravi Shastri was in isolation after testing a positive virus during the fourth test.
Read positive Alsoshastri tests in RT-PCR with Arun, Sridhar; Trio will not go to Manchastri’s Manchester head coach Ravi Shastri has been tested positive for Covid-19 along with two supporting staff members in the RT-PCR confirmation test, putting aside them from the fifth and final test of the team in Manchester this week.
The 59-year-old Shastri was back positive in the lateral coach of the lateral flower R Sridhar, coach Bowling Bharat Arun and Physio Nitin Patel also isolated in London.
Only coach hit Vikram Rathour with the team when winning the fourth test at the oval on the fifth day.
India leads the 2-1 series but the development has thrown a new shadow on the fifth and last test.