IND vs ENG: No Health Advisory Urging Indian Players To Practice With Low Intensity In Place In England: Report

Indian players who are currently in England for the fifth and final Test of the series are not subject to a health warning advising them to train with low intensity because of concerns about COVID-19.

This is in response to media allegations that there was a health advisory in effect for Indian players in England due to COVID-19, in which the medical staff recommended the players not practice too hard and play with low intensity in the practise sessions to avoid the body becoming too exhausted.

Team India arrived in London for the tour on Friday and started practising for the match before the fifth Test against England was postponed. India and England will face off in the fifth Test, which has been postponed, at Old Trafford beginning on July 1.

‘Players have not received any such advisory In England’:

ANI got information from England that, “Nothing comparable exists. The squad is doing great. Players have not received any such advisory. Yesterday, players put in almost five hours of intense net practice.”

However, it will first play a four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire from June 24-27 to get ready for the Test.

The rescheduled 5th Test counts as the fifth match of India’s 2-1 series lead in 2021. Following a COVID-19 outbreak in 2021, the fifth Test was postponed at the last minute.

On the other hand, the Ireland-bound squad, led by VVS Laxman, will depart for Dublin on either June 23 or June 24, after a three-day rest. On June 26 and 28, India will play two Twenty20 Internationals against Ireland.

India’s squad for the rescheduled fifth Test vs England: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Srikar Bharat (wk).

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