The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced that the isolation period of the national women’s team would be extended as two women players have tested positive for the Covid-19.
The women team returned from Zimbabwe having taken part in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 global qualifiers. The tournament was terminated in the middle after cases of Omicron, a new variant of the Covid-19 increased in neighbouring South Africa and the dread of its expansion in Zimbabwe increased.
"The team members, who were sharing the same room, had returned negative results in the two tests conducted in Dhaka on December 1 and 3. However, the report from a third PCR test on December 6 has shown both to be Covid-19 positive," BCB said in a press release.
"As such, the mandatory isolation of the team, which was due to end today (Monday, December 6, 2021), has been extended as per the Covid-19 Management Protocol of the BCB. The team members will undergo further tests and evaluation during the extended isolation," it added.
Though the tournament ended midway and teams flew back home, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh qualified for the World Cup on the back of better ICC rankings.