Rishabh Pant latest news: What happened to Rishabh Pant? Has Pant tested positive for COVID-19?

Dixit Bhargav | 15/07/2021
Rishabh Pant latest news: What happened to Rishabh Pant? Has Pant tested positive for COVID-19?

Rishabh Pant: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman is under the spotlight for reportedly testing positive for COVID-19 in England.

It was late last night that the news of an Indian Test cricketer testing positive for COVID-19 in England was doing the rounds in the media. With the team set to re-enter a bio-bubble in Durham today, the unnamed player was said to be doing well whilst self-isolating at a relative’s place.

“Yes, one of the players has tested positive although he is largely asymptomatic currently. He is in quarantine at an acquaintance’s place and won’t be travelling with the team to Durham on Thursday,” a source close to the BCCI was quoted as saying by PTI on conditions of anonymity.

It was this morning that news agency ANI reported that not one but two Indian players tested positive for the virus and that one of them has already recovered.

“Luckily, there is nothing to worry as one of players has already returned negative since testing positive, the other player will be tested on Sunday and it currently in isolation. He is asymptomatic as well and we are confident that join the camp soon after negative reports,” another source told ANI.

The source further revealed that the rest of the Indian contingent is fine and that rapid testing will be conducted and strict protocols will be followed to ensure players’ safety ahead of the five-match Test series.

Rishabh Pant tests positive for COVID-19, say reports

If another set of reports are to be believed, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant is one of two Indian cricketers who have tested positive for coronavirus. It is further being speculated that Pant is the one who is current self-isolating at a relative’s place.

Following the ICC World Test Championship final match in Southampton, Indian players were allowed to exit the bio-bubble and roam around freely as the rest of population in England.

Many Indian cricketers were spotted at premier sporting events during this period in Wimbledon and Euro 2020. Pant, too, had uploaded pictures from the Wembley Stadium where he had visited to watch England vs Germany knockout match.

With India scheduled to play a three-day warm-up match at the Riverside Ground from July 20, a clearer picture around Pant’s health will be known in the days to come. As far as Pant and the other player’s participation for the first Test against England from August 4 is concerned, these players have enough time to recover ahead of the Trent Bridge Test.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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