Sam Curran ruled out of remainder of Test series against India

England all-rounder Sam Curran has been ruled out of the remaining Test series against India after having some difficulties of travelling solo during COVID-19. The ECB has told that the initial plan was to make Curran available for the fourth Test scheduled to begin from March 4. 

"On the basis of the above, and to give Sam the best chance of minimising his risk of exposure to the virus, it was decided to delay his return so that he could travel on the charter flight with the white-ball squad members due to fly on 26 February," an ECB spokesman said.

Wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow also explained the difficulties faced by the players while travelling. 

"The journey [home] was fine, we just flew into Heathrow," Bairstow said. "The journey back out was four hours down to Heathrow where we nearly broke down, which was interesting. Then we had the flight out to Bangalore. We arrived there, had our tests and had to wait in the airport for our results to be negative."

"Then we had a seven-and-a-half-hour bus journey across India to Chennai. We weren't allowed to stop on that journey either, which was interesting.”

The England team is in India for a full tour. The two teams will now take on each other in the Day-Night Test in Ahmedabad slated to begin from February 24. The four-match series is presently leveled at 1-1.