Previous to their warm-up match on June 24, India could also be affected by a wave of COVID-19 circumstances. The workforce is in Leicester to play a warm-up recreation forward of the fifth Take a look at after arriving in England on June 16 (Thursday).
Lately, Ravichandran Ashwin needed to miss his flight to the UK after testing optimistic for Covid-19. Whereas he was speculated to fly with the remainder of the workforce, he’ll now to attend every week longer. Because of this, he can be lacking out on the warm-up match towards Leicestershire. The rescheduled fifth Take a look at of the collection is ready to start on July 1 in Birmingham.
As per a report by The Instances of India, former skipper Virat Kohli had examined optimistic for the virus on his arrival in London. Kohli, who was rested for the South Africa dwelling T20I collection, had been on a trip along with his spouse Anushka Sharma and a supply had advised TOI about Kohli testing optimistic for the virus after coming back from the Maldives.
“Sure, Virat too was hit by Covid after coming back from holidaying within the Maldives, however he’s recovered now,” the supply advised TOI.
The Take a look at match was postponed final 12 months on account of a Covid-19 outbreak within the Indian camp. There are nonetheless worries that different squad members could also be contaminated although the previous captain has totally recovered and returned to observe.
The BCCI medical division has suggested the teaching unit to not overwork the gamers. An insider went on to say that head coach Rahul Dravid may must accept a conservative technique within the warm-up recreation towards Leicestershire.
“This now implies that the tour recreation towards Leicestershire from June 24 gained’t be as intense as coach Rahul Dravid wished it to be, for the reason that medical recommendation is to not overload the gamers after they’ve suffered Covid-19. There might be extra Covid circumstances within the workforce,” the supply added.
Starting on July 1, the workforce captained by Rohit Sharma is slated to play the rescheduled fifth Take a look at earlier than a white-ball collection that consists of three ODIs and three T20Is.
