after a 14-day quarantine Herath joins Bangladesh team
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While on tour in New Zealand, Bangladesh spin-bowling coach Rangana Herath tested positive for the new coronavirus, prompting officials to place the whole touring squad in quarantine in Christchurch.

Rangana Herath, a former Sri Lankan bowler, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, but the result was negative the next day.

On the other hand, Herath is having moderate symptoms, and eight other Bangladeshi players have been placed in isolation after a passenger on their journey from Malaysia to New Zealand was infected with the virus.

Herath tested positive for corona and will be quarantined until he is cleared. There was a corona positive aboard the plane, and Herath and a few team members were in constant communication with him. According to Bangladesh Cricket Operations Chairman Akram Khan, they were requested to quarantine when Herath tested positive.

The remainder of the players began practising on Thursday, but the New Zealand health officials have required them to complete a three-day room quarantine because of their proximity to Herath on the journey.

They are adhering to the current protocol. Because they just collected a few samples and the findings were due, they will have a clear image.

There would be no more issues because the players were segregated. This was part of the modern paradigm, according to BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury, who talked to the Dhaka-based The Daily Star.

Bangladesh will play two-day intra-squad practice matches beginning December 22 before the two-Test series against New Zealand starts on January 1.

As spin coach Rangana Herath tests positive, Bangladesh’s squad will be quarantined.

While on touring in New Zealand, Rangana Herath, a former Sri Lankan spinner and present Bangladesh spin coach, reported positive test results, leading Bangladesh’s entire squad to be quarantined.

After arriving from Bangladesh, the team was stranded in Christchurch, New Zealand. Herath displayed minimal symptoms, but after testing positive on Wednesday, he returned a negative test.

Rangana Herath, Bangladesh’s spin bowling guru, has completed his 14-day quarantine and can join the squad ahead of the two-Test series against New Zealand.

After arriving in New Zealand, Herath tested positive for COVID-19, and eight other members of the Test squad, including players and support staff, were ordered to spend more time in quarantine because they were in close contact with a COVID-positive patient who was flying with them from Malaysia to New Zealand.

He has been freed from MIQ (Managed Isolation and Quarantine) facilities, and he is overjoyed to be back with the team. He had a terrible two weeks with that (quarantine) simultaneously, but he is pleased to be back and looking forward to the trip. At the same time, he should appreciate BCB and New Zealand healthcare for taking such good care of him, Herath remarked on Sunday (December 26).

After the practice sessions were halted and the players were ordered back into quarantine, there were worries about the series’ continuation. After all members of the visiting group returned negative tests on December 21, the players were eventually allowed to continue to practise.

Bangladesh’s squad is presently in Tauranga, New Zealand, for the last round of preparation. They were unable to play the two-day intra-squad competition scheduled on December 22 and 23, but will perform a two-day game against it New Zealand XI on December 28–29 because to the quarantine.

The first Test will take place on January 1 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga, with the second Test following on January 9 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.