India to play West Indies in second ODI on February 9.
Dhawan and Iyer were amongst the seven members of the Indian contingent including Ruturaj Gaikwad and Navdeep Saini, to have tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Ahmedabad for the three-match ODI series.
They, along with the three support staff members, were sent into isolation and were expected to miss all the three ODIs of the series.
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However, now Sportstar has reported that after completing week-long isolation, Iyer and Dhawan have now tested negative, and are set to do some ‘light training’ at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday evening, under the watchful eyes of the BCCI medical team. But Gaikwad remains in isolation.
“Both of them (Shreyas and Shikhar) are allowed to light training as per the protocol. However, the medical team will monitor them before a decision is taken about their availability,” a source in the BCCI said.
Apart from them, after completing the mandatory quarantine, Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul, too, trained with the side on Monday.
“Their (Mayank and Rahul) coming back after quarantine makes our unit stronger. At the end of the day, it is the team management’s call as to who will play or not. We are really happy to have them back,” Suryakumar Yadav said on the eve of the second ODI.
(Sportstar inputs)