Kolkata: Seven members of the Bengal Trophy Team Ranji have tested positive Covid-19, threw their preparations in chaos, the day before they started their campaign in the main domestic tournament.
Placed in Group B, along with Vidarbha, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana, and Tripura, Bengal is scheduled to start their campaign against Tripura in Bengaluru from January 13.
“Given the current pandemic situation, the Bengal Cricket Association (CAB).
Has a RPCR test from all Bengal Cricketers as a measure of security,” Secretary of the Ganguly Snehasish Cabus said in a statement on Sunday night.
“The results come out and have been found that certain players have been tested positively.
Taxis take all the precautions and actions needed in this matter.” According to sources, six Bengal players – Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Geet Puri, Pramanik Pramanik Pramanik, Surajit Yadav – and Sourasish Assistant Sourasish was infected with a virus.
All seventh was present during the intra-squad warming match on the land of Jadavpur University campus in Salt Lake on Sunday.
“The details of the strain are not confirmed.
They are isolated according to the protocol,” said the source.
This development means their two-day warm-up match against Mumbai Prithvi Shaw-LED from Tuesday at the CCFC booth was canceled.
It still has to be seen whether they will take part in the second heating equipment.
The cabin has also decided to hold all local tournaments which are currently underway and have called for an emergency emergency meeting of Apex on Tuesday to review the current Covid-19 situation.
“Until the meeting was held, considering the valid pandemic situation and a recent increase, the taxi had decided to postpone all the ongoing local tournaments,” President Cab Avehek Dalmiya stated in a statement along with the secretary of the brothers.
“Taxis also take immediate steps to vaccinate registered players that fall in the bracket aged 15-18,” he added.
In accordance with government data released on Sunday, the city has seen a 14-fold increase in daily Coronavirus infections in West Bengal within a week.
The state on Sunday recording 6,153 infections, with Kolkata contributing 3,194 of them.
On December 26, each number was 544 and 219.
According to the government bulletin, eight people died of Coronavirus on Sunday, while Nine had killed the previous day.