BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is likely to be discharged from the hospital while Cricket Australia has clarified that the Indian team hasn’t sought any changes for the fourth Test scheduled to take place in Brisbane. Here are the daily updates from the world of cricket.
Sourav Ganguly likely to be discharged
The former India captain is likely to be discharged from the hospital. The Woodlands Hospital informed the media that the BCCI President was keeping well. “Our nine-member medical board met today at 11.30 AM with reputed specialists on Zoom platform. The consensus of the board was that deferring the angioplasty for now is deemed to be a safer option since Mr Ganguly is stable, without any chest pain and is on optimal medical management,” Dr Basu said at the press conference.
“The family members were present during the board meeting and the situation was explained to them, as well as the way the disease functions and the hospital's further therapeutic plan,” she added.
Dr Basu also said that Ganguly is likely to be discharged on Wednesday. “Dr Devi Shetty is coming tomorrow. We will have another round of discussion. He is likely to be discharged on Wednesday.”
Ganguly was hospitalised after complaining of chest pain on Saturday morning. He later underwent angioplasty on Saturday.
India hasn’t sought change of venue for Brisbane Test
Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley has clarified that the Indian team hasn’t asked for any changes for the fourth Test, scheduled to take place in Brisbane.
“We speak to our counterparts at the BCCI daily,” he told reporters. “We’ve had nothing formal from the BCCI to suggest anything other than they’re supportive. Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we’ve set out,” he asserted.
The third Test between the two sides begins on January 7 in Sydney and the players will then travel to Brisbane.
Kane Williamson shines
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has continued his great form in the second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch. Williamson went on to score another hundred and remained unbeaten at 112 at the end of Day 2. New Zealand are presently 286/3 in reply to Pakistan’s 297 in the first innings. Henry Nicholls is also not out at 89. New Zealand lead the Test series 1-0. Williamson has already scored a ton in the previous game as well as a double century against West Indies earlier. He attained the top spot in ICC Test rankings for men.
Zimbabwe cricket comes to a halt
The cricketing action has come to a halt in Zimbabwe after a spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. Zimbabwe has recorded 1342 positive cases and 29 deaths in a span of one week.
"This is a very challenging situation, but ZC's aim is to reschedule all the affected events and fixtures - including the elite men's domestic T20 competition which was scheduled to begin this Monday - for them to be played as soon as it is deemed safe to do so," ESPNcricinfo quoted ZC as saying in a statement.
SCG to have 25 percent crowd capacity
The crowd capacity at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) has been reduced to 25% for the third Test between Australia and India. SCG has a seating capacity of up to 38,000 people, but as per the social distancing measures, it can take up to a maximum of 9,500 spectators for the New Year Test.
"Reducing the capacity of the venue is crucial in achieving social distancing requirements, and we sincerely thank ticket-holders for their patience, as we process refunds today, reconfigure the SCG seating plan to deliver these social distancing measures and go back on sale," Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley said in a statement.
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