LONDON: The Indian contingent on Monday departed for London for the second test against England in Lord’s even though substitute, Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw, remained at Nottingham to complete their quarantine.
It was lowned that the entire Indian contingent went to London around 11 am local time after each member was tested negative for RT-PCR.
The second test began on August 12.
Shaw and Suryakumar, which are connected with the squad in Nottingham on August 3, will only finish the quarantine of their 10 days on August 13, which means they can only practice from August 14 and will be available for the selection of the third test, starting August 25 in Leeds.
The nine-day gap between the second and third tests will definitely provide sufficient duo opportunities to train and prepare the match if the management team feels the need to play both.
Read Alsotalking Points: India vs England, Testrain First have the word final as the first test between England and India ended in a draw after the entire last Sunday at Trent Bridge was washed without a ball boles.
The test in Lord’shith United Kingdom which moved Indian travelers from Red to Amber list from last week (August 8), BCCI President Sourve Ganguly will leave for London on Tuesday to watch the second test on August 12.
The movement of the red list to Amber means that everyone who is fully vaccinated according to the Protocol of the British Health Authority does not need to serve the 10-day hard quarantine period, which is currently presented by Shaw and Surya, after arriving in commercial flights from Colombo.
It is also thought that Secretary Jay Shah, Vice President of Rajiv Shukla, Treasurer of Arun Dhumal may be in the UK to watch the Indian team match at several points during the series.
“For one of the office carriers, it’s very difficult with a hard quarantine of 10 days in place because everyone’s busy schedule applies to throw.” Because some travel protocols have been relaxed, especially quarantine, our office carriers, if they want, can now be present.
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The Indian team goes to London; Ganguly attended the Lord’s test
