‘Impossible To Wear Mask All The Time,’ Ganguly Defends COVID19 +Ve Pant
Mumbai: A day after the news of Rishabh Pant testing positive for Covid-19 surfaced, Board of Control for Cricket in India President Sourav Ganguly reacted to the development. Defending Pant, Ganguly said that it is not possible to wear a mask all the time.
While interacting with News18, Ganguly said that the rules have changed as fans are now being allowed to enter the stadium.
“We have seen the Euro Championships and Wimbledon in England. The rules have changed (with the permission of the crowd inside the venue). They were on leave and it is physically impossible to wear masks all the time,” Ganguly said.
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Earlier, Pant was recently spotted with his friends at Wembley Stadium. He had visited the iconic stadium to watch the Euro 2020 game.
Pant will miss the upcoming three-day warm-up game against the County Championship in Durham from July 20. It will be a setback for Pant as he wanted to watch before the England Test.
Reports suggest that both Pant and Vidhiman Saha are in isolation, with KL Rahul keeping wickets during a three-day warm-up game against Select County XI.
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