BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly revealed that he underwent as many as 22 COVID-19 tests in the past four and a half months as he has been consistently traveling to fulfill his professional commitments amid the raging pandemic. Ganguly was kept busy during the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE from mid-September to early November.
Talking about the same, Ganguly said, “I must tell you I have got tested 22 times in the last four and half months and not been positive even once, I have had cases around me so that probably forced me to get tested myself…I stay with elderly parents and I have travelled to Dubai and in the initial part, I was very worried, not just for me, but the community, you don’t want to spread it to somebody else because people are looking up to you.”
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The Board President also talked about the much-hyped tour of Australia by the national team, which completed its quarantine period on Tuesday in Sydney. India starts their tour of Australia with the first ODI on November 27 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Ganguly elaborated, “The players are fit and fine, Australia also doesn’t have a very high number of COVID cases, the borders were closed for a while…they are still very, very tight on international travel, you have to do 14 days of hard quarantine, so the boys are ready to get onto the field.”
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Talking about the resumption of international and domestic cricket in India, Dada said, “Our domestic season will start very shortly. England is touring India for four Test matches, three ODIs and five T20s, it is a lot easier having bi-laterals because the number of people are less.”
He further added, “When it gets to 8 teams, 9 teams, 10 teams, then it becomes a bit more difficult…we have to keep assessing the situation…lot of them are talking about a second wave. I heard in Mumbai and Delhi, the numbers have gone up, so we have just got to be a bit careful and make sure everything is in order, so we will monitor it.”
