After Indian skipper Rohit Sharma examined optimistic for COVID-19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken observe of the state of affairs and suggested gamers in England to restrict their public appearances and hangouts and keep indoors.
Indian Team captain Rohit Sharma examined COVID-19 optimistic following a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) performed on Saturday. Rohit, who was enjoying in India’s ongoing four-day warm-up sport in opposition to Leicestershire, has gone into quarantine.
Though England has lifted bio-bubble and isolation-related limitations, COVID-19 remains to be not over and gamers have did not utterly shield the aspect from the virus.
A supply from BCCI informed ANI, “The board has scolded some players over their habit of hanging out in public. It also seems some players went in public and clicked pictures with fans, which could be dangerous. We had told them to stay careful but they still often roamed around in the city which is not required, so we asked them again to take precautions.”
It was seen that star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had been hanging out in public and footage of them surfaced on the web wherein they had been seen clicking footage with their followers. Recently, an image of wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant additionally surfaced wherein he was seen clicking footage with followers within the crowd, which precipitated BCCI to get offended with the workforce.
The four-day apply match in opposition to Leicestershire resulted in a draw.
India will lock horns with England for the rescheduled fifth Test at Old Trafford beginning on July 1.
The rescheduled fifth Test is counted because the fifth match of India’s 2021 sequence in England, which the guests lead by 2-1. The fifth Test was postponed on the final minute following a COVID-19 outbreak in 2021.