Indian all-rounder R Ashwin tested positive for COVID

Ravichandran Ashwin is seemingly going to miss the four-day practice match against Leicestershire beginning Friday however could be available for the rescheduled fifth Test match at the Edgbaston.

Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin couldn’t get onto the trip to England subsequent to being tested positive for Covid-19. The off-spinner came to Mumbai to go with the Test group on June 16 yet presently he is in isolation. The 35-year-old will just join the Test crew in the wake of meeting all convention necessities. The other individuals from the Indian Test crew are now in Leicester and preparation has started in Leicestershire County Ground where they will play a 4-day practice match from June 24.

Ravichandran Ashwin is logical going to miss the four-day practice match against Leicestershire beginning Friday however could be available for the rescheduled fifth Test match at the Edgbaston. India’s lead trainer Rahul Dravid, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer have left for England from Bengaluru in the wake of taking part in the five-match T20I series against South Africa, which finished in a 2-2 draw.

In the wake of finishing his clinical conventions, Ashwin will make a trip to England yet could miss Rohit Sharma and Co’s. three-day practice game versus Leicestershire, in front of the rescheduled fifth and last Test versus Ben Stokes’ England.

India are at present driving 2-1. After the fifth and last Test at Edgbaston, India and England will play each other in three T20Is and three ODIs. The Ireland-bound crew under VVS Laxman will leave for Dublin either on June 23 or June 24 as the colleagues have been allowed a three-day rest. India are planning to play two T20Is against Ireland on June 26 and June 28.

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Ashwin will be anxious to recuperate in time and be a piece of India’s crew, who get an opportunity to make history and win their very first Test series in England starting around 2007. In 2021, Virat Kohli-drove India had an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series before the last experience, in Manchester, was deserted because of Covid emergency in the Indian camp. Presently, Rohit and Co. will be frantic to polish off the deficient 2021 series in style, by winning the last Test in Edgbaston, which starts off on July 01.

Ravichandran Ashwin hasn't traveled with the squad to UK as he is tested positive for COVID-19 but we are hopeful he will recover soon and join the squad before the 5th Test. (Source – PTI)

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For the unversed, the principal cluster of the Indian group had left for England on June 16. They are as of now in Leicester and rehearsing under the full concentration of the eyes of bowling trainer Paras Mhambrey and batting mentor Vikram Rathour. After the underlying bunch, any semblance of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and lead trainer Rahul Dravid left for England on June 20, a day after the culmination of the India-South Africa home T20Is (which finished in a 2-2 scoreline).

In the interim, Ireland-bound Indian T20I group have been allowed a three-day rest and will leave for Dublin either on June 23 and 24. Hardik Pandya-driven Team India will play two T20Is versus Ireland, on June 26 and 28.