India vs England: Sourav Ganguly unsure about fifth Test going ahead
India
physio
COVID-19
positive,
5th
Test
at
Old
Trafford,
IPL
2021
resumption
under
threat
Head
coach
Ravi
Shastri
and
bowling
coach
Bharath
Arun
had
already
tested
positive
and
had
not
travelled
with
the
side
for
the
fourth
Test.
But
with
Parmar
testing
positive
on
Thursday,
the
team’s
training
was
cancelled
and
another
round
of
tests
had
to
be
carried
out.
The
RT-PCR
results
for
the
players
are
awaited
and
then
a
final
decision
will
be
taken.
Talking
about
the
fate
of
the
final
Test,
Ganguly
at
the
book
launch
of
‘Mission
Domination’ in
Kolkata,
said,
“We
don’t
know
if
the
match
will
happen
at
the
moment.
Hopefully
we
can
get
some
game.”
As
per
reports
there’s
speculation
that
the
England
and
Wales
Cricket
Board
(ECB)
has
proposed
that
India
forfeit
the
match
in
case
the
reports
of
the
players
come
out
positive.
However,
India
have
turned
down
the
idea.
Parmar
testing
positive
also
leaves
the
team
without
a
physio
with
the
main
physio
Nitin
Patel
already
in
isolation
after
Shastri
contracted
the
virus
during
the
Oval
Test.
It
is
learnt
that
the
BCCI
has
asked
England
and
Wales
Cricket
Board
to
spare
a
physio.
“The
results
of
the
RT-PCR
tests
(of
players)
are
expected
later
in
the
day
depending
on
which
the
fate
of
the
game
will
be
decided,”
PTI
quoted
a
BCCI
source.
