Manchester: All 21 players in the Indian Test team have tested negative for COVID-19, a development that clears the decks for the fifth Test against England, which is to go ahead as scheduled from Friday, Because after the uncertainty resulting from a positive case in the visiting crew.
The entire Indian group had to undergo RT-PCR tests after assistant physio Yogesh Parmar tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
The Indians had already lost their chief physio Nitin Patel, who is currently in isolation in London along with head coach Ravi Shastri and bowling coach Bharat Arun after testing positive.
“All the players have returned with negative tests,” a senior BCCI source told PTI on Friday.
While the chances of having a Test match have gone up, sources are also saying that at least one senior Indian player does not want to take the field as he fears that someone might test positive while playing the game.
According to a source, the BCCI is trying to persuade the senior cricketer whose family is also against him.
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