New Delhi. The second ODI between West Indies and Australia in Barbados on Thursday was suspended due to a positive case of Kovid-19. The matter was confirmed just minutes before the first ball was bowled. This is the first time that a match has been postponed after the toss due to the corona virus. However, it is not yet confirmed when this match will be played.
The players, support staff and match officials were briefed about the matter after the toss for the second ODI between hosts West Indies and visiting team Australia, following which both the teams headed to their respective dressing rooms. The match was suspended at the same time and all the players are believed to have been kept in isolation inside the bio-bubble.
Australia captain Alex Carey won the toss and elected to bat before the match was suspended. Australia replaced Wes Agar with pacer Riley Meredith, who was handed the debut cap after the toss by regular captain Aaron Finch, who was out of action due to injury. However, Aaron Finch was also not completely well and in such a situation he could not even enter the second match, which was later postponed.
The host West Indies Cricket Board has not yet given information about what will happen in the third match of the series and whether the second match will also be played and if it is played, then when will it be organized, because the Australian team is also going to tour Bangladesh. . Apart from this, it has not been revealed whether any player of the West Indies and Australia team has been found infected with corona or whether any support staff member has been found positive in the Kovid 19 test.
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