India vs England: After Rishabh Pant, India support staff member also tests positive for Covid-19 - Report
As per news agency PTI, the Indian cricket team's throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani tested positive.
After Rishabh Pant, Indian cricket team's throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani has also tested positive for Covid-19, news agency PTI reported on Thursday. As per the report, Garani's positive report came on Thursday and other members of the India squad and the coaching staff, who were in contact with him, have also been isolated.
Bowling coach Bharath Arun, reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha and India's standby opener Abhimanyu Easwaran are the three members of the Indian contingent in UK who have been isolated, the report further states. All three have been tested negative for the virus, but have to follow the UK Government's Health Safety Protocol and stay in isolation.
Pant, Garani, Arun, Saha, and Easwaran are all in London and will not be travelling with the rest of the Indian contingent to Durham, the report further states.
It means that Pant and Saha are likely to miss the practice match scheduled to start on July 20 against a combined county side. If that happens, KL Rahul will keep against Combined Counties.
Meanwhile, as per a BCCI source cited by the PTI in a previous report, Pant has been in isolation for eight days and is currently asymptomatic.
BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, earlier spoke to news agency ANI, and without naming the player, said that the person who has tested positive will be tested again after two days.
"One player has been found positive, he was asymptomatic, I won't disclose the name. He was not staying in the team hotel, he is staying with relatives and is recovering very well. He is in isolation, he was found positive 8 days back. He will be tested again after two days," Shukla told ANI.
"Team India is fine there is no problem, secretary Jay Shah has written a letter to team management everybody should follow the COVID protocols, strict measures whatever could be adopted as per the recommendations must be followed and all safety precautions should be taken and the team has to be very careful during the England tour," he added.
"We are taking all the precautions during the series, everybody is put in the bubble so since it was a long gap of one month so players were allowed to go around. I don't think that they can be constantly kept in a bubble. We are not that worried because the rest of the players are fine they will be heading to Durham. Who is in isolation will not travel with the rest of the team. Once they test negative, then only they can proceed ahead," he added.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)
