Vijay Hazare Trophy: Three gamers check optimistic for COVID-19

A participant every from Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra groups taking part within the Vijay Hazare Trophy has examined optimistic for Covid-19, a BCCI official confirmed.
All three gamers have been stored in isolation. The Maharashtra participant and the Himachal Pradesh participant examined optimistic final week, following which the 2 squads had been examined. They had been allowed to play their subsequent sport after the check outcomes got here out. Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh are based mostly in Jaipur whereas Bihar is enjoying in Bangalore.
Bihar performed Karnataka on Monday however after the optimistic check results of the Bihar participant, your entire staff is to be examined on Tuesday. Bihar gamers have been instructed to stay in isolation of their respective rooms.
“We will have to undergo RT-PCR tests again and till then we have been told to remain in our rooms. Only after our test results are out, will we know what has to be done,” a Bihar participant instructed The Indian Express. Bihar is in Group C which additionally consists of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha and Railways.
This isn’t the primary time cricketers have examined optimistic in home cricket. During the Syed Mushtaq T20 competitors, a Jammu and Kashmir participant examined optimistic.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) carried out three units of Covid-19 assessments for every of the groups earlier than they entered their respective bio-bubbles for the 50-over match. The Vijay Hazare Trophy is the second senior match being organised by the BCCI, after the T20 Syed Mushtaq Trophy. The BCCI didn’t conduct the Ranji Trophy for the primary time since its inception as a result of a big a part of the season was misplaced due to Covid-19 restrictions.