Bowling coach Bharat Arun, reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Co: He was put in isolation for getting in touch with Guarani along with standby opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, whose involvement had recently taken a storm. This morning the covid report of Garani came.
It is learned that Arun, Easwaran and saha All have tested negative but UK government health safety protocols have to be followed.
All five are currently in London, while the rest are reaching Durham in the evening after a 20-day break. London to Durham is a five-hour bus journey.
Both Pant and Saha could be ruled out of the warm-up match against the combined county team starting July 20. In such a situation, KL Rahul will be against the combined counties.
a BCCI The source confirmed that Pant has been in isolation for the last eight days. As per the source, he is asymptomatic at this point.
“He is in quarantine at an acquaintance’s place and will not travel to Durham with the team on Thursday,” he said without specifying when the 23-year-old would join the team.
However, he is likely to undergo a COVID-19 test in the next few days.
The rest of the team except Pant and the injured Shubman GillLeft for Durham from London on Thursday.
Gill suffered a leg injury earlier this month and the young batsman left the team’s bio bubble.
The development comes after BCCI secretary Jay Shah sent an e-mail to the Indian contingent, warning about the rising cases of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.
The players were given the break after the World Test Championship against New Zealand, which the team lost last month.
The BCCI vice-president said, ‘Yes, a player has tested positive but he is in isolation for the last eight days. He was not staying with the team in any hotel, so no other player was affected. Rajiv Shukla told PTI.
“So far no other player has tested positive. You should also know that our secretary Jay Shah has written a letter to all the players to maintain protocol,” Shukla said.
Pant is understood to have been suffering from the delta variant due to which the number of cases is increasing in England.
He was seen participating in a euro The championship match last month and even posted pictures on his social media accounts.
He was tested after experiencing low-grade fever.
In his letter, Shah asked the players to avoid crowded places as the vaccine given to the team by Kovidshield only provides protection, not complete immunity against the virus.
In fact, Shah’s letter specifically said that players should avoid going to Wimbledon and the Euro Championships, which were held there recently.
The Indian team will take on England in a five-match Test series starting on August 4. It will play practice games from July 20 as a build-up to the high-intensity series.
The India-England showdown marks the beginning of the second cycle of the World Test Championship.
Recently, the England team was also hit by the virus and was forced to field a completely different XI in the limited overs match against Pakistan.
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