Ahmedabad: Indian dough Ruturaj Gaikwad, which has been tested positive for Covid-19, has recovered and is not isolation.
However, with captain Rohit Sharma has explained that Senior Opener Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings in the third Odi against West Indies here on Friday, Maharashtra players cannot be considered for a match that is not important.
Ruturaj warmed the bench in the T20 house series against New Zealand and also did not get the chance to play against South Africa in the Odi Away series.
He found a positive covid just four days before the start of the West Indies series, practically overriding it from rubber.
Ruturaj is not included in T20 forces and, in all possibilities, it will now come out for his home country in the upcoming trophy.
On February 2, the Covid-19 outbreak had hit the Indian cricket team as three players – Dhawan, the opening reserves of Gaikwad and Middle Dough Shreyas Iyer – positively tested for viruses during the mandatory isolation period before the beginning.
Hindia series.
Four other people, including Net Bowler Navdeep Saini, was also tested positive for Covid-19.
Saini is on the damn list.