NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least three India gamers and members of assist employees have examined constructive for COVID-19 ahead of their limited-overs residence series towards West Indies, native media reported on Wednesday.
The tour is scheduled to get underway on Sunday with the primary of the three one-dayers in Ahmedabad which will likely be adopted by an equal quantity of Twenty20 Internationals in Kolkata.
“It has been delivered to the discover that some gamers and a few assist employees have examined constructive for COVID-19,” treasurer of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) Arun Singh Dhumal instructed Reuters companion ANI, including they had been monitoring the state of affairs.
Dhumal didn’t reply to Reuters name in search of particulars however ESPNcricinfo web site mentioned the BCCI would determine its subsequent course of motion after one other spherical of assessments on Thursday.
The matches in Ahmedabad will likely be performed behind closed doorways, whereas the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata will function with 75% capability as a result of of the pandemic.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
