The President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly is likely to visit England this month to discuss the “rescheduling” of the fifth Test that was “cancelled” in wake of Covid-19 cases in the Indian camp.
As per an India Today report, Ganguly will travel on September 22 and will meet the top brass of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to discuss the modalities of the final Test that was supposed to be played in Manchester from September 1o.
If various media reports are to be believed, the ECB and the ECB were engaged in an intense discussion over the fate of the final game and the series overall before the Indian board offered to reschedule the final game of the series.
There are a lot of things at stake for the ECB and hence they are not willing to let India go off with a mere abandonment of the final game. They have knocked on the doors of the International Cricket Council to decided the fate of the final Test while working with the BCCI to finalise the modalities of the rescheduling.
The series of events that reached its peak at Old Trafford on September 10 started after the Indian support staff including head coach Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar tested positive for Covid-19 after the third day’s play of the fourth Test at the Oval. The first physio of the team was deemed close contact with them and was isolated.
Later, after arrival in Manchester their second physiotherapist Yogesh Parmar tested positive for the virus and his near presence in the last training session right before his test returned positive result raised the alarm bells for the players.
Now, Indian players will take off on a chartered flight to UAE where they will spend time in quarantine before joining the biosecure bubbles for the remaining part of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League.