BD cricketers take second dose of vaccine

Sports Reporter :
The Bangladesh cricketers took the second dose of the vaccine in a bid to keep them protected from the Covid-19. The first dosage of the coronavirus vaccine was given to the players of the Bangladesh national cricket team on February 18.
Most of the members of the preliminary squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka have been vaccinated on Saturday, except for Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim. They will take the vaccine today.
The vaccination activities for the second dose have started on Saturday morning at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital city of Dhaka. However, the national team veterans Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad did not go to Kurmitola for the vaccination and decided not to opt for the vaccination. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has said they will not force any cricketer to be vaccinated.
“Most of the members of the preliminary squad announced for the Sri Lanka series have been vaccinated today. The one or two who are left will take it tomorrow,” Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief physician Debashis Chowdhury said on Saturday.
The Bangladesh Team will leave Dhaka on 12 April for a two-Test series against Sri Lanka, which is the part of ICC World Test Championship
Bangladesh team will be in mandatory three-day room quarantine from April 12-14 after arriving in Sri Lanka. They will then have quarantine training from April 15-16 after which they will play an inter-squad warm-up match from April 17-18.
The Tigers will train on April 19 and 20 before taking on Sri Lanka for the first Test on April 21. The second and final Test starts on April 29. All of the two matches will be held in Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy.
Bangladesh will return to the country on May 4.