The training session of the Indian cricket team was canceled on Thursday after the positive case came.© Instagram
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is unsure whether to go ahead with the fifth and final Test against England from Friday Members of the support staff of the Indian cricket team Tested positive for COVID-19, news agency PTI reported. “We don’t know whether there will be a match at this point of time. Hopefully we will get some game,” Ganguly said during the book launch of ‘Mission Domination’ in Kolkata on Thursday. The PTI report said that the RT-PCR test report of the players is still awaited. East, head coach ravi shastri had tested positive for COVID-19 and had to go into isolation along with fellow members of the support staff – Bharat Arun, R Sridhar and Nitin Patel.
India are currently 2-1 in the five-match Test series and need only a draw in Manchester to win the series if the match goes ahead.
The visiting team started by drawing the first Test at Trent Bridge in a rain-hit match.
In the second Test at Lord’s, India won the series by 151 runs to take a 1–0 lead, but England came back strongly in the third Test at Headingley as India suffered a humiliating defeat by an innings and 76 runs. fell.
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The visitors rallied in the fourth Test at The Oval and impressive performances from Rohit Sharma and Shardul Thakur won the match by 157 runs to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series.
India are looking to claim their fourth Test series win on England soil. On the other hand, the Joe Root-led England side will be aiming to win the final Test and level the series 2-2.
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