Star India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant on Thursday obtained his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The 23-year-old participant, who has been named within the India squad for the World Test Championship closing towards New Zealand and the next sequence in England, posted an image of him taking the jab.Got my first jab in the present day. When you might be eligible, please step up and get the vaccine. The sooner we do it, the earlier we are able to beat this Virus, wrote Pant on his Twitter deal with, together with the image.
Got my first jab in the present day. When you might be eligible, please step up and get the vaccine. The sooner we do it, the earlier we are able to beat this Virus. pic.twitter.com/D8AC4WrESO
Pant has been in super type this yr as he performed a key position in India’s Test sequence victories towards Australia and England. He additionally led the Delhi Capitals within the suspended Indian Premier League.Several of Pant’s teammates, together with skipper Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah have taken the primary dose of the COVID 19 vaccine at completely different centres within the nation.
Head coach Ravi Shastri was the primary from the Indian cricket staff to obtain the vaccine. He bought his first jab within the first week of March, when vaccination was made open for all senior residents.In order to ramp up the coronavirus vaccination drive within the nation, the Centre had final month introduced a ‘liberalised and accelerated’ Phase 3 technique of COVID-19 vaccination from May 1. Everyone above the age of 18 is now eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine.