Reports: Rishabh Pant Is The Undisclosed Indian Player Who Returned Covid-19 Positive 8 Days Ago

In a major development, an Indian player has tested positive for the deadly contagion that is Covid-19 ahead of the upcoming five-match Test series in England.

And if reports in Sports Tak are to be believed, the player who returned positive for the virus is none other than the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant.

Veteran journalist and chief sports editor of ‘Aaj Tak’, Vikrant Gupta took to his official Twitter account to disclose the same.

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Last night, it was reported by the UK and Indian media that one Indian player had tested positive for Covid-19 but the name of the player wasn’t disclosed.

It had mentioned that the player had experienced a sore throat which eventually led to a positive Covid test. All the teammates and support staff, who came in contact with him, were isolated for 3 days and they have now completed their isolation.

The report had also mentioned that the player is home quarantined at his relatives’ place and he is likely to join the rest of the contingent after recovering from Covid-19.

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The Indian cricketers who have been on an official break post the WTC final late last June.

Pant, like other Indian players, had traveled to watch the Euro 2020 matches and he had even posted pictures of himself from the England vs Germany match.

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And, now it has come to light that the southpaw, indeed, had tested positive for the virus eight days ago. The Indian squad is set to convene in Durham sans the infected player- reportedly Rishabh Pant-on Thursday.

The squad will be playing a warm-up- a three-day match- game against a County Select XI from July 20 at the Riverside.

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