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India skipper Yash Dhull, 5 others test positive for COVID, miss U-19 World Cup game against Ireland

India Under-19 captain Yash Dhull tested positive. File (Source: Twitter/@ICC)

India Under-19 skipper Yash Dhull, his deputy Sheikh Rasheed and four of their teammates have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing them out of the Group B World Cup game against Ireland and seriously jeopardising the side's campaign here on Wednesday.

Apart from Dhull and Rasheed, batter Aaradhya Yadav, Vasu Vats, Manav Parakh, and Siddharth Yadav were also found infected with the virus, because of which India barely managed to field an XI against Ireland.

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