CAB president Avishek Dalmiya, former captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla have also tested positive
Bengal’s practice sessions were called off on Monday, with their first two-day warm-up against Mumbai in Kolkata cancelled in the wake of the positive results that emerged following a routine round of testing conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). And though there was the possibility of Bengal changing their travel plans and not leaving for Bengaluru, where they will play all their group games, on January 8, they are now expected to stick to the schedule.
“I never thought about quitting cricket and I discussed it with our chief minister. She told me, ‘No problem, khelna (keep playing)’. This is my profession and passion, which is the reason I didn’t announce my retirement. Whatever I am today is because of my cricket,” Tiwary told the Indian Express. “I will be available on phone and will monitor everything, and I’m very confident that I will be able to shoulder the dual responsibility.”
CAB president tests positive too
CAB president Avishek Dalmiya, meanwhile, was admitted to a Kolkata hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. He said in a Facebook post that he had developed fever on Monday and his RT-PCR test showed “positive with high viral load”.
“As a precautionary measure, he was shifted to the Woodlands Hospital where he will receive Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail therapy and is currently in a stable condition,” a CAB official told PTI.
Bengal squad for Ranji opener: Abhimanyu Easwaran (capt), Manoj Tiwary, Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Abhishek Raman, Sudip Gharami, Abhishek Das, Writtick Chatterjee, Ritwick Roy Chowdhury, Abhishek Porel (wk), Ishan Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sayan Mondal, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Kazi Saifi, Sakir Gandhi, Geet Puri, Pradipta Pramanik, Karan Lal, Nilkantha Das
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