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[adb club cricketer]

Wow...you seem to have all the insider info. Amazing!! 

Did Kohli call you and informed you that he was chickening out?

Shame on all the people here who are bad mouthing BCCI and the Indian players. Just goes to show how insensitive people can be. Stuff happens. Shastri didnt catch the virus on purpose. In these times, the least people can do is be sensitive to such things.

There have been cases in the Indian camp and they dont want to play. Period. Deal with it!

There was news article yesterday that stated mainly one senior player was particularly scared to not play. Today it was revealed that the senior player was Kohli.

[InternalTraining]

Google search returns several results. Even Kohli was in the event, and the physio returned positive test 4 days after initial group tested positive, so maybe that's why some players are scared.

https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/sports-news/bcci-reportedly-miffed-with-kohli-shastri-for-attending-crowded-book-launch-event-9953191.html

I didn't have the entire context nor parties (Shastri/Kohli) involved to search for. Thanks for sharing this.

[adb club cricketer]

I didn't have the entire context nor parties (Shastri/Kohli) involved to search for. Thanks for sharing this.

No worries, I wasn't trying to say you could have searched yourself. I was just pointing source of the link I provided.

[golders]

I think the Indians just got spooked and I can't really blame them to be honest. Is it not possible to get Covid and not show a positive test immediately? I thought there was an incubation period for this virus. What of a player shows a positive test mid test and became seriously ill?Ramifications would be huge.
It's a massive shame and such a sad way for the series to end, but to start picking out individual Indian players and point the finger of blame is a bit harsh and unnecessary tbh.

[adb club cricketer]

I think the Indians just got spooked and I can't really blame them to be honest. Is it not possible to get Covid and not show a positive test immediately? I thought there was an incubation period for this virus. What of a player shows a positive test mid test and became seriously ill?Ramifications would be huge.
It's a massive shame and such a sad way for the series to end, but to start picking out individual Indian players and point the finger of blame is a bit harsh and unnecessary tbh.

Fair enough, sometimes the frustration of cancelled match can take a toll on us fans too but ya, need to be sensitive on these things as we don't know the full story from what is put out in public.

[ProCricketer1982]

No point taking the risk with Covid. Just cancel and move onto the next series.

[SurreySam]

No point taking the risk with Covid. Just cancel concede and move onto the next series.

Corrected.

[golders]

Corrected.

Did England concede/forfeit the ODI's that were postponed in SA?

[SurreySam]

Did England concede/forfeit the ODI's that were postponed in SA?

Totally different scenario at the time. The first vaccine was only just going through the approval process, the world has changed since then.

[InternalTraining]

If this pandemic stays with us much longer, expect either shorter tours or multi-team tours where different format squads would "bubble"/quarantine for individual format schedules.

I suspect those physios have spread Corona virus to team players and many are expected to test positive in next few days.

[ProCricketer1982]

Corrected.

Does it make a difference?   India have won the series.   This feels like England fans searching for any small morsel of hope in this team suddenly playing another freak game and actually winning. India have played better excluding for one extraordinary knock by Root

[ProCricketer1982]

If this pandemic stays with us much longer, expect either shorter tours or multi-team tours where different format squads would "bubble"/quarantine for individual format schedules.

I suspect those physios have spread Corona virus to team players and many are expected to test positive in next few days.

I mean, it should be different squads anyway as the formats are now so wildly different. As for the positive cases, I agree.. just a matter of time now before a few more test positive.

[InternalTraining]

I mean, it should be different squads anyway as the formats are now so wildly different.

As a matter of practicality but not mandated (i.e. exclusivity); it'd be a shame to see Ben Stokes playing only one format.

A smart team manager would just create three separate teams and run them as separate entities. It is great that Eoin Morgan only plays white ball cricket.

[psychikmoksha]

There was news article yesterday that stated mainly one senior player was particularly scared to not play. Today it was revealed that the senior player was Kohli.

India would have been 3-1 in this series if not for the 1st test washed out (needed 150 odd runs with 9 wickets remaining) which everyone conveniently forgot. So saying that Kohli was scared to play this test knowing fully well Anderson/Robinson already broken down from the last test and England was playing to salvage is laughable tbh

[adb club cricketer]

India would have been 3-1 in this series if not for the 1st test washed out (needed 150 odd runs with 9 wickets remaining) which everyone conveniently forgot. So saying that Kohli was scared to play this test knowing fully well Anderson/Robinson already broken down from the last test and England was playing to salvage is laughable tbh

Never said Kohli scared to play due to fear of losing. All fear is from covid/ipl revenues impact.