Rishabh Pant, Throwdown Specialist Dayanand Garani Test Positive For COVID-19, Wriddhiman Saha, 2 Others Isolated, Say Sources

After Rishabh Pant, India's throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani also tested positive for COVID-19, sources told NDTV, even as Wriddhiman Saha, bowling coach Bharath Arun and standby opener Abhimanyu Easwaran were isolated from the squad but with negative RT-PCR test results.

Indian cricket team's throwdown specialist Dayanand Garani tested positive for COVID-19 hours after India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was reported to also have been infected, sources told NDTV. Moreover, wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha, bowling coach Bharath Arun and standby player Abhimanyu Easwaran have been put in isolation but with negative RT-PCR test results. They have been isolated for coming in contact with those infected. None of the aforementioned players and staff members will travel to Durham with the team for a practice match. This means that both Pant and Saha will miss the practice match in Durham that begins on July 20. The spate of COVID-19 cases in the team come with just over a fortnight to go for the first Test at Trent Bridge that begins on August 4. The Indian Test team has been in England for more than a month now since arriving there ahead of the World Test Championship final in June.  After the final, the squad members had dispersed for a break and were expected to assemble ahead of a practice match in Durham.