New Delhi, 10 September2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, in a statement, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that it’s a joint decision with the ECB to cancel the fifth Test and the two boards will work together to find a window to reschedule the game in the future.The BCCI statement read, “The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) along with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have jointly decided to call off the 5th Test Match scheduled at Manchester in ongoing India’s tour of England 2021. The BCCI and ECB held several rounds of discussion to find a way to play the Test Match, however, the outbreak of Covid-19 in the Indian team contingent forced the decision of calling off the Old Trafford Test Match. In lieu of the strong relationship between BCCI and ECB, the BCCI has offered to ECB a rescheduling of the cancelled Test match. Both the Boards will work towards finding a window to reschedule this Test match.”

Source - The Indian Express

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