India vs West Indies: Rohit Sharma's men begin training in Ahmedabad after mandatory quarantine period
India Today
India vs West Indies: Barring the 3 players who tested positive for Covid-19, the rest of the Indian team began training in Ahmedabad after their RT-PCR tests returned negative results.
The Indian team's playing squad save the trio of Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer started training at the Narendra Modi Stadium after their RT-PCR tests came negative on Thursday.
While Mayank Agarwal has joined the squad, he will only be available on the match day as his mandatory three-day quarantine has started, the team management has kept Ishan Kishan in scheme of things for the ODIs.
India is set to play a three-match ODI series against West Indies here, beginning February 6.
"Today is a light session where the players have been accompanied by trainers," a veteran official in know of things told PTI.
It is also learnt that wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan, who is a specialist opener, has been added to the ODI squad.
A COVID-19 outbreak had hit the Indian cricket team on Wednesday as three main players -- senior opener Dhawan, reserve opener Gaikwad and middle-order batter Shreyas had tested positive for the virus during their mandatory isolation period before the start of West Indies series.
Four other persons, including net bowler Navdeep Saini, have also tested positive for COVID-19. Saini is also on the standby list.
