BCCI president Sourav Ganguly tests positive for coronavirus

Mangalore Today News Network

Kolkata, Dec 28, 2021: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is sufferingg from mild symptoms after testing positive for Covid-19 on Monday night in Kolkata.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, it has been confirmed. The former India captain has been admitted in the Woodlands hospital in Kolkata with mild symptoms.

The doctors did not want to take a chance with the legendary cricketer and therefore, decided to admit him in the hospital on Monday night. His blood samples will be sent genome sequencing to ascertain if he has contracted the Omicron variant or not.

Sourav Ganguly had attended the premiere of Bangla superstar and TMC MP Dev’s latest film Tonic on December 24 and was seen with celebrities like Nusrat, Yash, Babul Supriyo, TMC MLA Madan Mitra etc.

“He was taken to Woodlands Nursing Home last night. He has been given medication and is currently stable," a BCCI source was quoted by PTI as saying.

This is the third time that Ganguly has been hospitalised this year after January when he was admitted twice after complaining of chest discomfort. Ganguly had actually suffered a heart attack while exercising at his Kolkata home and underwent a right coronary angioplasty.

20 days later, Ganguly had a similar chest pain, leading to the second round of angioplasty on January 28. During the process, two stents were placed in two arteries.a

Ganguly resumed work in March and also got himself fully vaccinated against Covid-19. His brother Snehasish Ganguly had also tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this year.