Rohit Sharma, Team India Captain, Tests Positive For COVID-19 In England | Cricket News

Indian cricket workforce captain Rohit Sharma has examined optimistic for COVID-19, simply days earlier than the beginning of the rearranged Check match towards England. The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) knowledgeable by an official launch and likewise posted the data on its Twitter deal with. “#TeamIndia Captain Mr Rohit Sharma has examined optimistic for COVID-19 following a Fast Antigen Check (RAT) carried out on Saturday. He’s at present in isolation on the workforce lodge and is below the care of the BCCI Medical Crew,” BCCI wrote on Twitter.

UPDATE – #TeamIndia Captain Mr Rohit Sharma has examined optimistic for COVID-19 following a Fast Antigen Check (RAT) carried out on Saturday. He’s at present in isolation on the workforce lodge and is below the care of the BCCI Medical Crew.

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 25, 2022

Rohit Sharma was a part of the workforce that’s taking up Leicestershire in a 4-day tour sport forward of the decisive Check match towards England, that can start from July 1 on the Edgbaston in Birmingham. Rohit batted within the first innings on Thursday, however did not come out to bat in India’s second innings on Saturday. He scored 25 runs, earlier than getting out within the first innings of the warm-up match.

India leads the Check collection towards England 2-1. Rohit had earlier captained India to a 2-0 house Check collection win over Sri Lanka this yr. If he recovers in time for the match in Edgbaston, then it will be his first Check match as captain of the Indian workforce away from house.

Virat Kohli-led India had taken a 2-1 lead towards England final yr however the fifth and last check needed to be cancelled attributable to a Covid outbreak within the Indian camp. The BCCI and ECB determined to rearrange the remaining Check match this yr.

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India may even play three T20Is and three ODIs on the tour other than the Check match.