India ODI sqaud
Mayank Agarwal in Indian team after Dhawan, 2 others test COVID positive
Mumbai/IBNS: The All-India Senior Selection Committee has added Mayank Agarwal to India’s ODI squad after seven members, including three players of Team India (Senior Men) tested positive for COVID-19 following three rounds of RT-PCR testing, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) SecretaryJay Shah informed Wednesday.
The members were asked to report in Ahmedabad on Jan 31 for the upcoming Paytm three-match ODI and T20I series against the West Indies.
Every member was also asked to undergo an RT-PCR test at home before embarking on their journey to Ahmedabad and the travel was undertaken only after testing negative.
Following the test, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and fast bowler Navdeep Saini’s (standby player) have tested positive for COVID-19.
Fielding Coach T. Dilip and Security Liaison Officer B. Lokesh’s have tested positive too.
Batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad’s RT-PCR test conducted on Tuesday has returned a positive result. He had tested negative during the first round of testing on Monday.
Batsman Shreyas Iyer and Sports Massage Therapist Rajeev Kumar too tested positive for the virus. Both had tested negative in the first two rounds of testing.
The BCCI Medical team is handling the positive cases and they will remain in isolation till complete recovery is attained.
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