BCCI office-bearers spoke to England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) executives, proposing postponing the commencement of the game to Sunday or Monday. However, this could not be accommodated by the ECB.
Former India International, Irfan Pathan took to social media and was in all praise for the visiting team in England.
It was after that book release event at a five-star facility ahead of the fourth Test that Shastri along with bowling coach Bharat Arun, fielding coach R Sridhar and physio Nitin Patel tested positive. All of them were fully vaccinated.
ECB CEO, Tom Harrison reveals the other primal reason apart from the COVID cases, that led to the Final deciding Test match to be called off.
MS Dhoni has been appointed as the mentor of Virat Kohli and Co. for the upcoming T20 WC.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was delighted to hear MS Dhoni's appointment as Team India mentor for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in UAE and Oman.
The BCCI secretary has also revealed that captain Virat Kohli, his deputy Rohit Sharma and head coach Ravi Shastri were on the same page about Dhoni's mentorship role.
Ravi Shastri Book: MS Dhoni was calm as a leader whereas Virat Kohli is on the face and likes to lead from the front.
The duo had shared the stage during the program without the approval of BCCI, the report added.
Eng vs Ind 4th test: The BCCI release names the other members are Bharat Arun, R Sridhar, and Nitin Patel who have contracted the virus.