Sourav Ganguly Hospitalised with Covid

Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain and the current president of the BCCI has tested positive for Covid-19 in Kolkata, news agency PTI has reported.

"BCCI President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for Covid-19, say BCCI sources," PTI had stated.

The report further stated that Ganguly, who is double vaccinated was taken to a city hospital on Monday night after his RT-PCR test came out positive. Earlier this year, Ganguly's brother Snehasish too was infected by the virus.

"He was taken to Woodlands Nursing Home last night. He has been given medication and is currently stable," a BCCI source, who is keeping track of Ganguly's health, told PTI.

This is the same hospital where Ganguly was being treated for his heart condition earlier this year. The former India captain had suffered a cardiac arrest and had undergone angioplasty at the Woodlands Nursing Home.

Ganguly has been travelling extensively, taking part in media interactions. Around the time of the T20 World Cup, the former India captain went to the UAE and more recently has been taking part in several media interactions.

Ganguly was last seen in an interaction on the show 'Backstage with Boria', where he spoke on a range of topics, including India's chances at the upcoming ICC events, how he managed to convince Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman to take up their respective head coach and NCA roles.

Besides, Ganguly weighed in on Rohit Sharma taking over as India's ODI and T20I captain and praised individual match-winners such as R Ashwin and others.