The former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri doesn’t think that COVID 19 is a serious disease anymore and he is of the view that it should only be treated as a normal flu.
Shastri was speaking on Star Sports after the news came through earlier today that the Indian head coach Rahul Dravid wouldn’t be able to travel to UAE with the Indian team for the Asia Cup because of testing corona positive before departure and his travel arrangements will be made later if he returns a negative test.
Ravi Shastri reckons that it wouldn’t take Dravid more than three to four days to recover from COVID because it’s a normal flu now and a few paracetamol tablets are enough for recovery.
Rahul Dravid Covid positive.
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) August 23, 2022
Shastri recalled himself testing positive in UK last year and said if he was allowed back in the Indian dressing room within a week of that, India would have played the last test match at Old Trafford at that time itself and would have won the test series in England.
The last test of the series between India and England had got postponed last year, as some of the other members of India’s support staff also tested positive after Shastri and the Indian players refused to take the ground for the fifth test. The postponed test took place a few months later and England defeated India to level the series 2-2.
No need to make too much of an issue of COVID anymore: Ravi Shastri
According to Ravi Shastri, people shouldn’t make too much of an issue of COVID anymore and just get on with it. Shastri is also convinced that Dravid would be available for the first India Vs Pakistan game because it is scheduled at the end of this week and that’s enough time for Dravid to recover.
CONFIRMATION: Rahul Dravid has tested positive for #COVID19. He is currently not accompanying the squad. Paras Mhambrey is in-charge. No decision on whether VVS Laxman will join. Will be taken later in the day. The @BCCI wants to wait till next week as Dravid may recover and join
— Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) August 23, 2022
Recently in the final of the cricket tournament of Commonwealth games, an Australian female player Tahlia McGrath was allowed to play the match despite testing COVID positive.
