IND vs ENG Lord’s Test: Team India begin practice in London, BCCI Prez Sourav Ganguly to attend 2nd Test – Follow Live Updates: After a draw in the 1st Test at Trent Bridge, Virat Kohli & Co reached London ahead of the 2nd Test at Lord’s from August 12. However, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav will remain in 10-day quarantine in London will not be available for the 2nd Test. In the meantime, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly will attend the match and will leave for London on Tuesday.
As per a PTI report, the entire Indian contingent left for London at around 11 AM local time on Monday after every member tested negative for RT-PCR. Wriddhiman Saha and Cheteshwar Pujara shared images of their departure from Nottingham on Monday.
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Good to be back at the @HomeOfCricket. Some very fond memories here… #TeamIndia 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/txmelmxJ2Q
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) August 10, 2021
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How is that for a drill? Fielding coach @coach_rsridhar keeping the boys on their toes. #TeamIndia #ENGvIND @RishabhPant17 • @Wriddhipops • @prasidh43 • @Hanumavihari pic.twitter.com/LjER4lgFV0
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 10, 2021
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Great players 🙌
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Famous stage 🏟
🏴 #ENGvIND 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/UCjchZf0o0
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 10, 2021
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@4.50 PM: Opening batsman Mayank Agarwal returned to the nets after having missed out on the first Test due to concussion.
Mayank Agarwal is back in the nets 🙌 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/uchJHhy3oc
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) August 10, 2021
@4:20 PM: Virat Kohli begins practice at Lord’s ahead of 2nd Test from August 12.
Welcome back to Lord’s, @BCCI 👋#LoveLords | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/CU9YqMHml0
— Lord’s Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 10, 2021
August 10: @3:05 PM: Team India begin practice at Lord’s where they have historically struggled including an innings defeat in the last Test match they played in.
Hello 👋 Lord’s, we’re here #TeamIndia #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/JjaFL82Qnq
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 10, 2021
On way to #London from #Nottingham @cheteshwar1 @MdShami11 @mdsirajofficial @BCCI #IndVsEng #IndianCricketTeam pic.twitter.com/xtchj9yVwV
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) August 9, 2021
IND vs ENG Lord’s Test: As for Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI president will leave for London on Tuesday ahead of Lord’s Test. However, he will not need to serve any quarantine period as the UK has moved India from COVID red list to amber list, lifting mandatory quarantine restrictions. As per the new arrangement, fully vaccinated travellers can get into the UK without any quarantine.
However, the same will not be the case for Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw. Both of them have travelled from Sri Lanka which is still on UK’s red list and will need to spend at least 10 days in mandatory quarantine.
IND vs ENG Lord’s Test: It is also expected that secretary Jay Shah, vice-president Rajiv Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal might be in the UK to watch the Indian team play at some point during the series.
“For any of the office bearers, it was very difficult with a 10-day hard quarantine in place as everyone’s busy schedule goes for a toss. Since some of the travel protocols have been relaxed, especially the quarantine, our office bearers, if they want, can now attend,” a source told PTI.
IND vs ENG Lord’s Test: Shaw and Suryakumar, who linked up with the squad in Nottingham on August 3, will only complete their 10-day quarantine on August 13, which means that they can only train from August 14 and will be available for selection from the third Test, starting August 25 at Leeds.
The nine-day gap between the second and third Test will certainly give the duo ample chance to train and get match ready in case the team management feels the necessity of playing either of the two.
(with ANI, PTI inputs)
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