Team India players are getting themselves vaccinated in a rush, particularly those who’ve been picked within the squad for World Test Championship (WTC) Final towards New Zealand and for the Test sequence towards England as they’re scheduled to fly to the UK on June 2 as per experiences.
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Tuesday (May 11) obtained the primary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas on Monday (May 10), 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, Ajinkya Rahane and his spouse had taken their first jab.
Notably, all of the England-bound players are taking only the Covishield vaccine in and never the Covaxin.
It is price mentioning that the second dose of the vaccine requires a spot of a minimal of 28 days and the 24 players sure for England will probably be within the UK because the Team Indian contingent leaves in the beginning of June. Thus, BCCI has requested the players to get the Covishield vaccine as a substitute of the Covaxin, as Covishield relies on Oxford-the AstraZeneca vaccine (a UK based mostly product) that means that the Indian players can get the second jab simply throughout the five-match Test sequence towards England.
Talking to TOI, a BCCI supply mentioned, “It is suggested that they take Covishield in India as a result of it’s based mostly on the AstraZeneca vaccine, a UK product. They might get the second shot within the UK. Getting a unique vaccine [Covaxin] right here is of no use.”
Team India will probably be enjoying the WTC remaining towards New Zealand in a bio-bubble on the Rose Bowl in Southampton from June 18.
After the WTC, India will play a sequence of 5 Tests towards England in Nottingham, London, Leeds and Manchester between August 4 and September 14.
India’s squad for WTC Final and England Tests:
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (topic to health clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; topic to health clearance).
Standby players: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla.
