India U-19 skipper Yash Dhull, his deputy Sheikh Rasheed and four of their teammates have tested positive for COVID-19. And, this has forced them out of the World Cup match against Ireland of Group Bin Tarouba, Trinidad on Wednesday as well.

However, apart from Yash Dhull and Rasheed, batter Aaradhya Yadav, Vasu Vats, Manav Parakh, and Siddharth Yadav were also got infected with the global pandemic novel COVID-19 virus, because of which Team India barely managed to field an XI against Ireland as well.

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“Three Indian players had tested positive yesterday and were already isolated. In the morning before match our captain and vice captain also tested positive in Rapid Antigen Test which is not (not considered) conclusive,” a BCCI official told PTI.

“So they, as precautionary measure, were pulled out. The players included skipper Yash Dhull and his deputy Shaikh Rasheed. We only had 11 available players and six isolated,” the official further added.

While the captain Yash Dhull and Rasheed featured in the first game against South Africa, Aardhya was not part of that match as well. Nishant Sindhu, however, led the team in the absence of Dhull. And, Team India are scheduled to take on Uganda on Saturday and it remains to be seen whether the game takes place amid this situation.

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However, before the tournament, ICC’s head of integrity Alex Marshall had shared, that “merely registering a positive PCR test result within a team will not result in the automatic postponement or cancelation of fixtures.” “The main principle is to continue playing with appropriate mitigations in place if it is safe, practicable and proportionate to do so,” he had said again.

Meanwhile, the ICC set up a Bio-safety Scientific Advisory Group (BSAG) before the event to “oversee all issues relating to bio-safety”. It was to ensure that “any COVID-19 related issues that arise are dealt with appropriately with independent expert scientific and medical advice.”