When we heard news of more players from the Windies camp being hit by Covid-19, we knew this news was going to come in soon enough. Earlier, three players were already hit by positive PCR tests and then, a few more today, taking the total up to 9 players and management members who tested positive for coronavirus.
The West Indies team was obviously depleted and we thought that the 2021 West Indies tour of Pakistan would be called off immediately. However, that wasn’t the case and West Indies played today with only 11 fit players still left in the squad. However, with only a 1-day gap before the ODI series began on 18th Dec and players needing to do 10 days compulsory isolation, the tour couldn’t go on.
Thus, the two boards met today and decided to call off the PAK vs WI 2021 ODI series and postpone it to June 2022, which is after a good, 6-month break. It would be a good decision for West Indies as they aren’t playing their best squad and in general, they’ve been going through a tough phase. Maybe, they would benefit by coming back stronger 6 months later.
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But we definitely want to mention how good it was of the West Indies team to stay on despite being hit by Covid-19, where most teams would’ve decided to call it quits earlier on. Earlier this year, New Zealand cancelled a Pakistan tour before it began citing a security risk and this would’ve been a big blow if West Indies decided to leave without completing the T20I series at least.
And since there has been contact between the two teams and we thought it would rub off on the home team, all the Pakistan players returned negative PCR tests upon testing today. We’re sure the bubble rules will continue and they will have to undergo more tests tomorrow as well.
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