India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday obtained the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Bumrah posted an image of himself getting vaccinated on Twitter and he captioned the publish as: “Vaccinated. Please stay safe everyone.”
Vaccinated. Please keep secure everybody. pic.twitter.com/8ZrclDh2LI
— Jasprit Bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) May 11, 2021
On Monday, India skipper Virat Kohli, pacer Ishant Sharma, and batsman Cheteshwar Pujara additionally obtained their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Last week, Umesh Yadav, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane had taken their first jab.
Rahane, Umesh, Ishant, Kohli, Bumrah and Pujara will likely be subsequent seen in motion when India locks horns towards New Zealand within the closing of the World Test Championship (WTC).
A BCCI official mentioned that it’s going to want some extra time earlier than a transparent image might be drawn concerning the completion of vaccination for all India Test cricketers who’re to go to UK on June 2.
“The Indian government has opened vaccination for every person above 18 so the players can take their first dose. But the second dose is the question here and while the BCCI is looking at working closely with the England and Wales Cricket Board to ensure players can get a second dose in the UK, if that is not approved by the UK government, we will have the vaccine taken from India for the second dose. Let’s see how that works out in the coming days,” the official instructed ANI.
The WTC closing will get underway on June 18 and will proceed until June 22 with June 23 stored as a reserve day. While it was initially set to be performed on the Lord’s, the ICC determined to maneuver it to Southampton with an eye fixed on the COVID-19 scenario throughout the globe.
The BCCI on Friday named a 20-member squad (two topic to health clearance) which will even have standby gamers. Of the 4 standby gamers, quick bowler Prasidh Krishna has examined constructive for COVID-19.
