New Delhi / London: Wicketkeeper-Batsman Rishabh Pant and the Reddish Specialist Dairand Guarani was tested positive for Covid-19, while the other three were placed in prudential isolation when the feared virus hit the Indian cricket team ahead of England hosts.
Bowling Bharath Arun coach, Withetkeeper Reserve Widdhiman Saha was included in isolation because of contact with Garanji along with the alert opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, the inclusion had swept the storm recently.
The Covid Guarantin report comes this morning.
The team will undergo a daily Covid test from now on.
“Pants, who do not live in team hotels during the break period, are tested positive on July 8.
He is asymptomatic and is currently undergoing self isolation where he reported positive,” said Seketary BCCI in an official statement.
“He was carefully monitored by the BCCI medical team and was on his way to recovery.
He will be able to join the squad in Durham after returning negative two RT-PCR tests,” he added.
Arun, Easwaran and Saha was studied, all of them had been tested negatively but had to follow the British government health safety protocol for the 10-day isolation period.
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Vaughan’s comments came after the report appeared that India Wicketkeeper Batsman Rishabh Port Hadall Lima was currently in London while the rest reached Durham tonight after stacking from a 20-day break.
“The four personnel will undergo an isolation of 10 days and will remain in their respective rooms at the hotel team in London,” BCCI said.
The Board said that all family members and caregivers touring with the team had also been given at the second dose of the Covid vaccine earlier this month in London.
“To mitigate further risks, the Indian contingent takes a lateral flow test every day,” said the media statement from Shah, referring to the daily testing mechanism that can provide results in 15-30 minutes.
Pants, Easwaran and Saha will miss the training match scheduled to start on July 20 against a joint county team with both Bengal players along with Arun in 10-day isolation.
Pant also requires recovery time and will not play the game.
In this case, KL Rahul will continue to oppose the district combination from July 20-22.
It can be assumed that the pants, who got their second vaccine shot on July 7, had been contracted by the Delta-3 variant before vaccination.
In the case of Wriddhiman, he has struggled against Covid during the temporary IPL Arun, a very key member of the support staff must be isolated due to pure bad luck.
Shubman Gill, who suffered Shin’s flake injury earlier this month, had left Bio-Bubble Team.
The development was approaching the Heel Secretary BCCI Jay Shah sent an email to the Indian contingent, warned him about the increasing Covid-19 case in the UK.
The break was given to the players after the world test championship against New Zealand, which was missing on the last team.
The pants were seen attending the Euro Championship match last month and even posted pictures on his social media account.
He underwent a test after experiencing low-level fever.
Shah, in his letter, told the players to “avoid” crowded places as covishield, vaccines that have been given to the team, only provide protection, not full immunity to the virus.
In fact, Shah’s letter specifically stated that the player had to avoid going to the Wimbledon and Euro championship, both of which recently concluded there.
The Indian team will be taken in England in the five-match test series starting 4.
August will play a training game starting July 20 as a buildup of up to high intensity series.
The Indian-English exhibition marks the beginning of the second cycle of the world test championship.
Recently, the British team was also hit by a virus and was forced to involve XI which was completely different in a limited match against Pakistan.
Covid scare for the Indian team: pants, staff members test positive; 3 is more isolated in London
