Indian Cricket Team
In a big relief for the Indian board, all 21 players in the team have got negative PCR results after assistant physio Yogesh Parmar tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The entire Indian contingent had to undergo RT-PCR tests after Parmar returned with a positive result a day before the start of the fifth and final Test in Manchester.
Parmar’s COVID-19 report had thrown the fifth and final Test into trouble. However, the negative PCR results of the visiting players have pushed the test forward. “All the players have returned with negative tests,” a senior BCCI source told PTI.
However, according to sources, a senior player in the Indian camp does not want to take the field fearing that someone may come back positive during the fifth Test. The Indian board is trying to persuade the cricketer, whose family is also against him playing Tests.
Earlier in the day, the Indian team had to cancel its practice session after a junior physio tested positive for the virus.
On Monday, India head coach Ravi Shastri and two of his close friends, bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar had returned positive for COVID-19. Chief physio Nitin Patel tested negative but was isolated due to close contact.
The team was accompanied by only batting coach Vikram Rathour when they won the fourth Test at the Oval on the final day. India are currently leading 2-1 in the five-Test series.
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