Sourav Ganguly has tested positive for the coronavirus and he has been admitted to hospital, with his condition reported to be stable.
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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. According to several media reports, Ganguly had a fever on Sunday and he was tested for potential symptoms. When the report came out on Monday, Sourav Ganguly had tested positive for the coronavirus. The former India skipper has been admitted to Woodlands hospital in Kolkata. This was the same hospital where Ganguly was treated earlier for heart surgery.
Close friends and family close to Sourav Ganguly have stated that his condition is stable. It was suggested that he should not be in home isolation after already having a pre-existing heart condition. Thus, it was suggested that he get admitted to the hospital. The omicron variant is currently prevalent in India. The country reported over 6000 active cases in the last 24 hours. The number of Omicron cases is reportedly close to 600 in the last 24 hours.
The current development compounds a tough couple of months for Sourav Ganguly. Before the coronavirus affected him, Ganguly and the BCCI were in controversy for the way how they ‘sacked’ Virat Kohli as the ODI captain just before the tour to South Africa.
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Ganguly had refused to comment on the white-ball captaincy row following Virat Kohli’s earlier comments. “Let’s not take this further, I have nothing to say,” he said. When asked if there would be any action taken against Virat Kohli following the South Africa tour, the former Indian skipper said, “I have nothing to say. It is the matter of the BCCI and they will only deal with it.”
A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, BCCI President Ganguly told ANI that he had spoken to Virat about the leadership change, and that he had asked Virat not to give up the T20I captaincy as well. “It’s a call that the BCCI and the selectors took together. Actually, the BCCI had requested Virat to not step down as the T20I skipper but obviously, he did not agree. And the selectors then did not feel it right to have two different captains for two white-ball formats,” Ganguly had told Indian news agency ANI.
“So it was decided that Virat will continue as Test captain and Rohit will take over as the white-ball captain. I as President personally spoke to Virat Kohli and the chairman of selectors has also spoken to him,” the BCCI president had added.
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