R Ashwin England departure delayed after testing Covid positive likely to miss practice match

R Ashwin Covid-19 Positive: Most of the players have reached the UK for the only Test against England, but experienced spinner R Ashwin is still in India due to the grip of Kovid-19. A BCCI source informed PTI about this. This right-arm off-spinner is currently in quarantine and will be able to fly to England only after the report comes negative.

A BCCI source told PTI on condition of anonymity: "Ashwin did not leave for the UK with the Indian team as he was found positive in the Kovid-19 test. But it is expected that the match against England will start from July 1. He will be fine before the Test match."

Along with this, the source also said that due to the grip of this epidemic, Ashwin may miss the practice match against Leicestershire. Let us tell you, India has to play a 4-day warm-up match against this team from June 24 before the rescheduled Test match.

Apart from Ashwin, the rest of the team have reached the UK and are sweating profusely for the only Test match. The BCCI recently posted a video of Team India's net session on its social media account in which captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were seen batting. It is expected that after KL Rahul is out of the series, both these batsmen will be seen opening against England.

Rohit Sharma, who is captaining for the first time on foreign soil, will surely miss KL Rahul. The pair was instrumental in giving India a 2-1 lead in this series. In four Tests, Rohit scored 368 runs in 4 Tests, including a century and two fifties, while Rahul scored 315 runs, including a century and a half-century.