The fifth Test between England and India will begin as scheduled at Old Trafford on Friday, with the visitors returning negative COVID-19 tests after a member of their support staff tested positive.
However, it seems that the BCCI and some sections of the English media are not happy with the “irresponsible” bio-bubble violations by Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli in London.
“Thankfully the nightmare scenario was averted on Thursday night when it emerged that the PCR tests of all the players had come back negative. But it is a narrow escape for the game and clearly India’s coaches and players were irresponsible for attending a book launch at a London hotel outside their bubble, as reported by SportsMail in two days from the fourth Test at The Oval. was revealed the day before. .
Shastri tested positive during the fourth Test at The Oval and is in isolation along with bowling coach Bharat Arun, fielding coach R Sridhar and physio Nitin Patel.
On Thursday, India’s practice session ahead of the final Test was canceled after an official of the Indian Cricket Board confirmed that Yogesh Parmar, another physiotherapist, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday.
But it was later reported that the match would go ahead after the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that there were no more positive cases in the Indian camp.
Speaking to IANS, a BCCI official said that it all started with “a violation”. “One mistake can make it difficult for everyone. The coach and the captain went out for a book launch and here we are seeing COVID cases within the team. It’s scary,” the official said.
At that time the English media had pulled up the Indian staff for not taking approval from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
“The visiting crew did not obtain approval from the ECB to participate in the e-book launch,” it was said.
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