Leicester: Team India suffer a major blow ahead of the rescheduled Test match against England as skipper Rohit Sharma has tested positive for Covid-19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Sunday.
A BCCI in a statement said: "Rohit Sharma has tested positive for Covid-19 following a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted on Saturday. He is currently in isolation at the team hotel and is under the care of the BCCI medical team. An RT-PCR test will be conducted on Sunday to ascertain his CT value."
The news of Rohit's positive test put him in doubt for the one-off Test against England at Edgbaston, that starts on July 1.
Rohit is a part of ongoing warm-up game against Leicestershire but he didn't bat on Day 3 of India's second innings. He had made 25 in the first innings.
The one-off Test is the conclusion of the series from last year which was suspended after a Covid-19 outbreak in the Indian camp.
Team India lead the series 2-1 and will look to win the final Test to clinch their first Test series win in England since 2007. (UNI)