Yash Dhull, captain of India’s Under-19 team, Shaik Rasheed, the vice-captain, and four other players have returned positive tests for Covid-19 forcing them out of the Group B World Cup game against Ireland in Tarouba, Trinidad on Wednesday. The others who missed out were Aaradhya Yadav, Vasu Vats, Manav Parakh and Siddarth Yadav.

A BCCI statement late on Wednesday detailing the medical status of the players said that while Sidharth had returned a positive RT-PCR test, Dhull, Aaradhya and Rasheed have returned positive Rapid Antigen Tests so far, while Parakh and Vats have shown symptoms of Covid-19, but have returned negative Rapid Antigen Tests; their RT-PCR results are awaited.

The BCCI “is monitoring the situation closely and is in touch with the management and the coaching group,” the statement said. “The players will remain in isolation but will be under the constant supervision of the BCCI medical team.” Nishant Sindhu was named captain of the team for the match in the absence of the captain and his deputy. In a 17-member pool, India had just 11 fit players for the game after the six went into isolation.

India, who won their first match, against South Africa, by 45 runs, next play Uganda on Saturday.