Bangladesh team sent into quarantine again

The Bangladesh group has been asked by the New Zealand Health Ministry to not partake in any training meetings until December 21, with the visiting unforeseen isolating once more. It is perceived that the order from the Health service was given following Bangladesh turn bowling trainer Rangana Herath testing positive for COVID-19 in New Zealand.

Eight different individuals from the Test crew including players and care staff are as of now in disconnection as they were in close contact with an individual flying with them from Malaysia to New Zealand who additionally tried positive. Different players and staff partook in an open-air practice meeting interestingly on December 16 subsequent to finishing their necessary quarantine yet were subsequently approached to stop their training meetings.

"We were allowed to rehearse yesterday (December 16) however today we had to drop our training according to orders from New Zealand Government," Bangladesh group supervisor Nafees Iqbal said. "We have done three Covid tests up until this point and there is as yet one to go and we will get delivered assuming everybody gets adverse outcomes in the following test on the 10th day of isolation."

"Herath is fine now and he is recuperating slowly. Our group is keeping in contact with him consistently and ideally, we will get him soon with us," added Nafees.

Because of the most recent advancement, the two-day intra-crew practice match which was planned to start on December 22 could be changed. Aside from the intra-crew practice game, the sightseers will play an additional two-day practice match against New Zealand A from December 28 in front of the two-match Test series.

The initial Test is planned to be played at the Bay Oval in Tauranga beginning on January 1 while the subsequent Test will be played from January 9 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.