Did not get COVID-19 at book launch: Shastri
The Hindu
‘No one got the virus from that party’
India head coach Ravi Shastri says he has no regrets about organising the , widely perceived to be the reason for a outbreak that forced the cancellation of the fifth Test against England in Manchester.
“I have absolutely no regrets because the people I met at that function were fabulous. It was good for the boys to get out and meet different people rather than constantly being in their rooms,” said Shastri in an interview to The Guardian.
“At the Oval Test, you were climbing stairs used by 5,000 people. So to point a finger at a book launch?” he asked. “There were about 250 people there and no one got COVID-19 from that party.”
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