After Indian captain Rohit Sharma tested positive for COVID-19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took note of the situation and asked players in England to limit their public appearances and hangouts and stay indoors. gave advice.
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma tested COVID-19 positive after the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted on Saturday. Rohit, playing in India’s four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire, has gone into quarantine.
Although England have removed the bio-bubble and isolation-related hurdles, COVID-19 is still not over and players have completely failed to protect the side from the virus.
A BCCI source told ANI, “The board has scolded some players for their habit of hanging out in public. It also seems that some players went in public and clicked pictures with fans, which can be dangerous. We told them to be careful but they still frequently roam around the city which is not required, so we again asked them to be careful.”
It was seen that star batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were having fun in public and their pictures surfaced on the internet, in which they were seen clicking pictures with their fans. Recently, a picture of wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant also surfaced in which he was seen clicking pictures with fans in the crowd, which made the BCCI angry at the team.
The four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire ended in a draw.
India will lock horns with England for the rescheduled fifth Test at Old Trafford, starting July 1.
The rescheduled fifth Test is counted as the fifth match of India’s 2021 series in England, with the visitors leading 2-1. The fifth Test was postponed at the last minute following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2021.