U19 World Cup: Nishant Sindhu recovers from COVID-19, joins semifinals clash against Australia

Nishant Sindhu is fit and will make a comeback to the cricket field after recovering from COVID-19.

Nishant Sindhu, the Indian Under-19 player has been announced fit and has recovered from COVID-19. Nishant will soon be joining his team to fight against the dangerous Australians U-19 in the Super League Semi-Finals.

Sindhu was appointed the captain in the absence of Dhull and while Yash Dhull returned to his leadership position, Nishant was unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 after the match against Uganda. The Indian team will now be going in the Semi-Finals with a full-fledged squad and will be fighting hard as the name of the winners of the ICC U-19 World Cup, 2022 is near.

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Four-time champions, team India will be eyeing yet another tournament win as Yash Dhull-led team have defeated Australia in the warm-up game before the start of the ICC Under-19 World Cup tournament.

A source of ICC reported to PTI that all the players are available for the selection ahead of the game against Australia in the Super League Semi-Finals as Sindhu tested negative.

India has successfully won all the matches till now in the tournament, which also includes the crucial win against Bangladesh in the Quarter Finals. Nishant has not been much remarkable with his bat but led two critical games for India when Yash Dhull, along with some other players were tested positive. It was tough to make a playing XI and under those struggle situations, Nishant led team India two wins sealing a position in the Quarter Finals where Nishant was, unfortunately, unavailable as he tested positive for COVID-19.