Shivam Dube, Mumbai video analyst test Covid positive

MUMBAI: In a big blow to the Mumbai team, allrounder

Shivam Dube

and the side's video analyst

Ganesh Tyagi

tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, a day before the side departs for Kolkata for the

Ranji

Trophy, which will kick off January 13. Mumbai take on Maharashtra in their Ranji opener, before playing Delhi on January 20.


Dube has been replaced with allrounder Sairaj Patil for now. "The

covid

tests were conducted on Saturday. Dube and Tyagi tested positive, but all others in the squad tested negative. A new video analyst will join the team soon," a source in the Mumbai Cricket Association told TOI. The MCA had on Saturday decided to postpone all its local cricket tournaments due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the city.

Meanwhile, pacer

Prince Badiani

, who was picked for the first two games of the Ranji Trophy recently, is set to be available for Mumbai's Cooch Behar Under-19 pre-quarterfinal game against Saurashtra at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune, which will be held from January 3 to 7.