India cricketer tests positive for Covid-19

    An Indian cricketer has tested positive for Covid-19, a senior official has said.

    Rajiv Shukla said the touring cricketer Rishabh Pant aged 23, was in isolation for the last eight days. No other player had been infected, he added.

    The player will not be travelling to Durham, where the team will go in a bio-bubble ahead of the upcoming Test series with England.

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