The Indian Ladies’s group has been hit by one other Covid-19 case because the Indian squad left for the Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham with out two of their gamers on Sunday, twenty fourth of July. The names of the gamers have been saved nameless thus far and can be a part of the squad in England as soon as they check detrimental for the virus.
Ladies’s cricket is making its debut within the CWG in Birmingham, with cricket solely that includes as soon as earlier than on the 1998 Commonwealth Video games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which was a males’s match. Eight taking part groups have been divided into two teams of 4, and India has been positioned within the group alongside Australia, Pakistan, and Barbados.
Earlier, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had confirmed that one of many gamers examined constructive whereas the squad educated on the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore earlier than departing for the English shores on Sunday. The information of a second participant testing constructive within the Indian camp was introduced ahead by an Indian Olympic Affiliation official on Tuesday. “A second participant has examined constructive for COVID-19, and it occurred earlier than departure. Each the gamers stay in India,” the official stated based on Indian Categorical.
Indian group landed in Birmingham forward of their opening match towards Australia
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian facet has already landed in Birmingham, and given the timeline of the fixtures, the 2 Indian gamers who’ve remained in India resulting from Covid-19 won’t be with the group of their opening fixture towards World Champions Australia on the twenty ninth of July. They’re additionally unlikely to function within the following sport on the thirty first towards everlasting rivals Pakistan. India’s ultimate league sport might be towards Barbados on the third of August.
The Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) shared a video in a publish by way of their official Twitter deal with, welcoming the Indian contingent in Birmingham. The gamers and employees will be seen making their method out of the Birmingham airport whereas donning their masks. “Glimpses from Indian girls’s cricket group’s arrival in Birmingham for #CWG2022 Preserve your #Cheer4India messages coming in,” The Tweet from SAI learn.
Glimpses from Indian girls's cricket 🏏 group's arrival in Birmingham for #CWG2022
Preserve your #Cheer4India 🇮🇳 messages coming in 😁💯@PMOIndia @ianuragthakur@NisithPramanik @IndiaSports @BCCIWomen @CGI_Bghm @ImHarmanpreet pic.twitter.com/T3wOdOZ327
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 25, 2022
