Six players of West Indies squad suffer from covid, The fate of the tour will be decided this evening
The covid tests of three more players of the West Indies cricket team visiting Pakistan and five people including the assistant coach and team doctor involved in the team management have tested positive.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed that all the players on the tour of Pakistan underwent PCR tests on Wednesday, December 15. All-rounder Justin Graves has tested positive.
Apart from them, the code tests of assistant coach Rady Stoke and team doctor Akshay Man Singh have also come positive.
All five were immediately sent to isolation for 10 days.
How did West Indian cricketers get caught up in covid?
Apparently, no concrete reason has come to light for the cod test of six players of the West Indies cricket team who visited Pakistan, but medical experts say that one of the reasons for this is that the virus may have been transmitted to these players during the journey.
The reason for this is that the cod tests of the entire team were negative on departure from West Indies, but the West Indies team traveled 36 hours via Dubai and reached Karachi. Code tests were positive.
The cod test of three more West Indies cricketers and two officials may be due to the fact that it takes five to six days for the virus to appear, so the new cases that have come to light may be due to The results were positive.
It is worth mentioning here that the Pakistani team is still safe from this.
He visited Bangladesh after the T20 World Cup and then returned home. No code result has come positive at any stage during this time.
After returning home, the Pakistani team has been tested three times.
The Pakistani team is staying with the West Indian team in Karachi on different floors of the hotel. In addition, the two teams do not come together from the hotel to the stadium, nor have the two teams practiced together.
Between the two matches played so far, the two teams have kept a distance from each other on the field.
What does the West Indies board have to say?
This is a big blow to the West Indies cricket team as three of its cricketers, Sheldon Cottrell, Kyle Myers and Ruston Chase, also tested positive in the code tests conducted immediately after their arrival in Pakistan and are currently in isolation.
The West Indies Cricket Board says the latest three cricketers have been ruled out of the last T20 as well as the ODI series.
It may be recalled that the third and final T20 International between Pakistan and West Indies will be played on Thursday evening while the three-match ODI series is scheduled to start on Saturday with the last two matches to be played on Monday and Tuesday.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said that Devon Thomas is out of the series due to the codes of the six cricketers. His finger was injured in the first T20.
It should be noted that the seventh edition of Pakistan Super League is going to start from next month which will continue for one month and then in March for the first time since 1998 the Australian team is expected to visit Pakistan.
Question mark on West Indies tour
A meeting between the West Indies Cricket Board and the Pakistan Cricket Board is scheduled for Thursday to decide whether the tour will continue in the light of the results of the West Indies team's re-code testing.
Fourteen West Indies players are now in a position to play after six players were coded. The West Indies are currently undergoing code testing, the results of which will be known by Thursday afternoon, after which a final decision will be made on whether to continue the tour or not.
If the West Indies tour of Pakistan is canceled, it will be a very disappointing situation for the Pakistan Cricket Board and Pakistani fans as the teams of New Zealand and England had earlier canceled their tour in September.
In September, the New Zealand cricket team refused to play in Rawalpindi shortly before the match citing security concerns and returned home.
Just two days later, England's men's and women's teams also refused to come to Pakistan. He attributed the cancellation to the players' fatigue. The refusal of both teams drew a strong international response.
Difficulties for Pakistani cricket this year due to Corona
This is not the first time this year that important matches of Pakistan's home season have been affected due to Corona.
In March, the Pakistan Cricket Board had decided to postpone the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League due to various players being affected by Corona.
Later, the Pakistan Cricket Board held the remaining matches in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and Multan Sultans defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 47 runs in the final of the tournament.
Even after the postponement of Pakistan Super League in March, the main question that has arisen is what could be the factors behind the positive test of various players and staff and above all the bio-secure bubble that was created in Pakistan Super League. How has this been violated?
The Corona epidemic has led to the use of the BioSecure bubble to ensure international sports competitions from 2020 onwards.