Covid-19 scare is hovering over the Test series to be played between India and England. It is difficult to say whether this series will start on regular time or not. The sudden increase in the Covid-19 cases in England has also taken the Indian team into its clutches as two members of the Indian squad have been found infected with the Corona virus.
After Indian opener Rishabh Pant, now team's throwdown expert Dayanand Garani has tested positive for Covid-19. Apart from him, two other people have also been isolated.
Reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha and a member of the coaching staff who came in contact with Dayanand, have been kept in isolation.
All four are in London while the rest of the team will gather in Durham in the evening after a 20-day break. It takes five hours to travel from London to Durham by bus.
Pant and Saha will miss the warm-up match against a combined county team from July 20.
Rishabh Pant is quarantined at his acquaintance's place.
The five-match Test series between India and England is just 21 days away. The second round of the ICC World Test Championship will begin with this much-awaited Test series starting in Nottingham from August 4. The Indian team has been in England for the last one and a half months.
1st Test: England vs India, August 4-8, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
2nd Test: England vs India, August 12-16, Lord’s, London
3rd Test: England vs India, August 25-29, Headingley, Leeds
4th Test: England vs India, September 2-6, Kennington Oval, London
5th Test: England vs India, September 10-14, Old Trafford, Manchester