Dilip Doshi: Was shocked to see players not wearing mask

Dilip Doshi

The Indian cricket team attending the book launch of head coach Ravi Shastri before the fourth Test at The Oval in London is still the talking point in India and England. The English media to this day blames Shastri for the series of events that culminated in the cancellation of the fifth Test.

And now, days after the BCCI stated that the Indian team didn't take permission from the board to attend the event, former cricketer Dilip Doshi, who was present at the book launch, has revealed another shocking detail, saying that players were not even wearing masks.

The former Indian cricketer also said that most of them didn't stay for more than five to 10 minutes after witnessing so much crowd.

"I was present at the book launch. A lot of dignitaries, and Team India players were present there, for a short while, and I was shocked to see that none of them was wearing a mask," Doshi was quoted as saying by India Ahead.

"Whether the society has to wear a mask, whether it is mandatory or not is decided by the politicians. Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided that England was safe enough because of the double vaccinated program and a lot of people have been vaccinated here therefore immunity is apparently high and so it was then the society is open to all avenues and they did that," Doshi added.

"So, there are two ways of looking at it. That's one aspect of life, but as a touring team when you are here on a mission then I would expect that every time the Indian team or the Indian squad are offering themselves in public where there is little more crowd, if I were them I would definitely be wearing a mask, not because I don't trust others, but I am barring myself from getting infected."

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