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    "title": "Rishabh Pant Tests Positive For Covid-19 Ahead Of England Tests",
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    "excerpt": "Indian cricket board's decision to allow players to visit sporting venues as well as other public places in England and mingle with the crowd during their three-week break has come under the spotl",
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    "editor1": "<p>Indian cricket board&#39;s decision to allow players to visit sporting venues as well as other public places in England and mingle with the crowd during their three-week break has come under the spotlight after it emerged that wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pant had visited the Euro 2020 pre-quarterfinal between England and Germany on June 29 and had later tweeted pictures of himself with a few of his friends sitting in the crowd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good experience watching vs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvOYex5svE\">pic.twitter.com\/LvOYex5svE<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishabhPant17\/status\/1410062040375304193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Hanuma Vihari and Jasprit Bumrah are the other players to have visited Wembley to watch Euro 2020 football. Team coach Ravi Shastri and premier off-spinner R Ashwin, who played a County Championship match for Surrey this week, had visited Wimbledon in the break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Although the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to comment on the matter, reports have said that Pant tested about a week back and will be tested again on July 18.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pant will not be joining the team in the camp in Durham that begins on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian cricket squad, which had reached England in early June and then played the World Test Championship (WTC) final last month, was on a three-week break, during which players were free to go anywhere they wanted as England opened up following lockdown.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian team was not scheduled to play any warm-up against any county team due to the ongoing pandemic.<br \/>\r\nHowever, BCCI&#39;s request for a warm-up game following the dismal show in the WTC final is being mulled over by the ECB.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It will be interesting to see if the ECB organises a warm-up game against a county XI and whether they take any measures for it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The British government is slowly opening sporting venues across the country and the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy at the Wembley Stadium hosted a crowd of 60,000 people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian team is scheduled to play a five-Test series against England in August-September.<\/p>\r\n",
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