BCCI President Sourav Ganguly tests positive for COVID-19

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has tested positive for COVID-19. He is currently in isolation and has been advised to stay away from family. The new variant of COVID-19 Omicron is spreading rapidly in the country. Positive cases have been reported daily. Ganguly testing positive for the virus came to light on Monday (December 27).

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"BCCI President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, read a report in the Mint.

"He was taken to Woodlands Nursing Home last night. He has been given medication and is currently stable, "it added.

Meanwhile, fans and followers of Ganguly are praying for his speedy recovery from COVID-19. As per the quarantine norms and regulations, he'll have to isolate himself for 14 days.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly tested positive for COVID-19.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 28, 2021

The BCCI President was recently involved a controversy related to ODI captaincy. Test skipper Virat Kohli’s explosive statements in the media have exposed a possible rift between the two. The right-hand batter had stated that there was no prior communication about the ODI captaincy.

His statement was contradicting to Ganguly, who said he had personally requested Kohli to not step down from the T20I captaincy. The BCCI president and selectors thought the split captaincy won’t be good for the team. It named Rohit Sharma as the captain for the white-ball formats.

However, Kohli’s statement raised a lot of eyebrows. After maintaining grim silence for a while, Ganguly finally opened about the controversy and said the BCCI will appropriately deal with the issue. “No comments, BCCI is dealing with it. I said no comments and will not say anything at this point in time,” said Ganguly. “Let’s not take this further, I have nothing to say. It is the matter of the BCCI and they will only deal with it,” stated Ganguly in a separate interview.