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    'COVID-19 is just flu,' Shastri talks about rescheduled England Test
    The 2021 Manchester Test was canceled due to COVID-19

    'COVID-19 is just flu,' Shastri talks about rescheduled England Test

    By Parth Dhall
    Aug 24, 2022
    02:15 pm

    What's the story

    Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes the COVID-19 infection should just be "treated like flu".

    His statement came a day after the incumbent coach Rahul Dravid tested positive for the virus.

    The former is hopeful that Dravid would recover soon.

    Shastri also recalled the 2021 Manchester Test that was postponed after COVID-19 cases ramped up in the Indian camp.

    Statement

    Here is what Shastri said

    In a conversation with Star Sports, then-head coach Shastri said India would have played and won the Manchester Test, had he visited the Indian dressing room.

    Shastri, who also contracted COVID-19 at that time, said, "I promise you, if I had gone into the dressing room in 6-7 days and we would have played that Test match and won it at Old Trafford."

    Developments

    ENG vs IND: A look at the developments

    On September 6 last year, while England and India were engaged in the fourth Test, former head coach Shastri tested positive for COVID-19.

    Along with him, three members of the support staff, Bharat Arun, R Sridhar, and Nitin Patel, were placed under quarantine.

    Shastri missed the fourth Test as India claimed a famous victory at The Oval.

    Series

    The final Test got canceled

    The final Test at Old Trafford got canceled after the Indian players had expressed health concerns.

    India led the five-match Test series by a 2-1 margin.

    After a draw in the rain-hit first Test, India won the Lord's Test by 151 runs.

    England bounced back in the third Test, winning the same by an innings.

    The visitors then won at The Oval.

    Fifth Test

    England won the rescheduled fifth Test

    In October 2021, the cricket boards of England and India mutually agreed to reschedule the fifth Test to July 2022.

    However, Edgbaston in Birmingham hosted the final Test instead of Old Trafford.

    England won the Test despite centuries from Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja.

    They chased a record-breaking 378 to draw the series 2-2.

    It was their highest successful run-chase in Tests.

    Dravid

    Will Dravid recover in time?

    Over a year later, India face a similar hurdle, with head coach Dravid dealing with COVID-19.

    He did not accompany the Indian contingent in Zimbabwe, where the Men in Blue won the ODI series 3-0.

    His availability for the upcoming Asia Cup is yet to be ascertained.

    Shastri believes Dravid could recover in time for the India-Pakistan clash after taking a "couple of paracetamols".

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