Updated On: 10 September, 2021 07:14 AM IST | Manchester | AFP
Fifth Test in Manchester likely to go ahead after Indian players tested negative for COVID-19; Indian team’s junior physio had tested positive leading to cancellation of practice session on match eve

India skipper Virat Kohli during a practice session at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Wednesday. Pic/Getty Images
All the 21 players of the Indian Test squad have tested negative for COVID-19, a development that clears the decks for the fifth Test against England to proceed as scheduled from Friday after the uncertainty triggered by a positive case in the visiting contingent.
The entire Indian group had to undergo RT-PCR tests after assistant physio Yogesh Parmar tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.