Saha said that it was only after the third round of testing that he got a positive result but he had been feeling the symptoms early on.
Sunrisers Hyderabad confirmed their wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha had tested positive for the dreaded virus on Tuesday.
Laxman termed the bio-bubble breach as a 'lesson against the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
India have a few selection headaches to take care of ahead of their four-match Test series against England, starting from February 5 in Chennai.
The 36-year-old Bengal player admitted that Pant and he are two 'keepers with a different skill set and it's up to the team to decide whom it wants to pick between the two.
Wriddhiman Saha believes that Rishabh Pant's strong show in the Australia series doesn't necessarily mean that his own time in the Indian team is at an end.
India could also draft in either Mayank Agarwal or Prithvi Shaw as a specialist batsman.
Wriddhiman Saha took a brilliant diving catch to remove the dangerous Marnus Labuschagne on 73.
Saha, on Friday, was dropped from the Boxing Day Test due to his poor batting form in the opening game and Gambhir asked whether the team's think-tank will do the same with Pant if he fails in the next two games.
Pant also boasts an impressive batting record in Australia, having scored 350 runs at an average of over 50 in 4 Tests during the 2018-19 tour.
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Saha averages 30 plus in 37 Tests with 1238 runs and three hundreds in his kitty.
Saha, 36, was selected ahead of Pant in the first warm-up game against Australia A.
Saha played as a batsman in the second warm-up tie while the management brought in Rishabh Pant as the wicketkeeper.
Wriddhiman Saha remained unbeaten on 54 as the first warm-up game ended in a draw.
Wriddhiman Saha sustained double hamstring injury during IPL and is currently with the Indian team in Australia while recuperating from the knock, KL Rahul remains first choice 'keeper in ODIs.
In a video shared by BCCI on its official Twitter handle, Wriddhiman was seen batting for the first time since his hamstring injury while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020.
Ishant Sharma, who had suffered an abdominal muscle tear during IPL 2020, will reach Australia before the Test series. He is presently at the NCA undergoing rehab.
It will now depend on what call BCCI mandarins take considering that physio Nitin Patel's medical reports have of late come under scanner due to divergent views of the IPL franchises.
Saha's free stroke playing seemed to have helped Warner rediscover himself and return to his aggressive self which has once again strengthened SRH's top-order batting.
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