W. Indies’ Shepherd Out Of Bangladesh Tour With Coronavirus

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All-rounder Romario Shepherd has unsuccessful a coronavirus test forward of the West Indies’ arrival in Bangladesh, further more depleting a squad previously reeling from coronavirus challenges.

The West Indies squad, owing to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday, has previously lost 8 established stars like Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo who chose not to travel in the pandemic.

West Indies have identified as up Keon Harding to replace Shepherd in the squad which will play three one particular-working day internationals, two 2020s and two Assessments in Bangladesh.

The visitors will endure seven days’ quarantine after their arrival. The very first ODI is January 20.

Shepherd returned a constructive Covid-19 check in his Guyana hometown, Cricket West Indies stated in a assertion.

“In accordance with the set up govt stipulations, Shepherd will stay in Guyana in which he is going through a period of time of isolation that unfortunately will lengthen beyond the team travel date,” it explained.

The board explained all the other player checks were being unfavorable.

The absence of Shepherd, who has performed five ODIs and 3 Twenty20 internationals, is a more blow soon after the withdrawal of Pollard, Bravo, Jason Holder, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran.

All pulled out of the tour thanks to Covid-19 considerations. Bangladesh has recorded extra than 500,000 pandemic circumstances but its fatality amount has been a single of the world’s most affordable.