New Delhi/Colombo: Indian team in six-match limited overs series Sri Lanka Now BCCI Secretary will start from 18th July jay shah The postponement was forced a day after a COVID-19 outbreak at the home team camp, he told PTI on Saturday.
The series, which was originally scheduled to begin with three ODIs on 13 July, was to be rescheduled after Sri Lanka’s batting coach. grant flowers and Data Analyst GT niroshan He tested positive for the dreaded virus on his return from a UK tour, which also meant an extended quarantine period for members of the squad.
While the possible date that was originally being discussed was July 17, Shah confirmed that it would start from July 18.
“India-Sri Lanka” ODI Due to the outbreak of Kovid-19 in the home team camp, the series will start from 18th July.
The three ODIs will now be held at the Premadasa Stadium on 18, 20 and 23 July followed by T20 Internationals from 25 July. The last two T20 matches are to be played on 27 and 29 July respectively. place.
Earlier in the day, a Sri Lankan player in one of the two bio-bubbles tested positive for COVID-19 as the virus outbreak rocked the home team ahead of the white-ball series against the Shikhar-led Indian team. Dhawan.
‘Newswire.lk’ quoted Sri Lankan sources as saying that batsman Sandun Veerakkodi has tested positive for the virus.
Veerakodi was not part of the team that returned from the UK. Even after the positive cases of Flower and Niroshan came, that team is in isolation.
The latest positive case has come from a separate bubble of 13 players.
Groups of players are training separately even as the virus outbreak forced the series to be postponed five days after the home team’s batting coach Flower and data analyst Niroshan contracted the virus.
According to the website report, Veerakkodi was with 15 senior cricketers who were training at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo here.
The report further stated that Veerakkodi, along with Bhanuka Rajapaksa and several other cricketers, were sent to Dambulla on Friday night to play a warm-up match ahead of the India series.
The squad staying at Cinnamon Grand also includes Asela Gunaratne, Angelo Pereira and Bhanuka Rajapakse, and all of them will now have to undergo quarantine.
Another group of 26 cricketers is pouring a different bubble in Dambulla, and the SLC said they are all right.
As per the original schedule, the series was to begin with an ODI phase on 13 July, followed by matches on 16 July and 18 July. T20I games were scheduled on July 21, July 23 and July 25.
The second-line Indian team, led by Dhawan with Rahul Dravid as head coach, has completed its tough quarantine and is training in Colombo.
Sri Lanka’s squad had to face an anxious wait for the results of their RT-PCR tests on their return home from the UK, following a COVID-19 outbreak. England The team after the final match of their tour in Bristol on Sunday.
The Sri Lankan team has also been in a bit of turmoil due to contract disputes and the ongoing investigation into a bio-bubble breach by three players during the tour of England.
The series, which was originally scheduled to begin with three ODIs on 13 July, was to be rescheduled after Sri Lanka’s batting coach. grant flowers and Data Analyst GT niroshan He tested positive for the dreaded virus on his return from a UK tour, which also meant an extended quarantine period for members of the squad.
While the possible date that was originally being discussed was July 17, Shah confirmed that it would start from July 18.
“India-Sri Lanka” ODI Due to the outbreak of Kovid-19 in the home team camp, the series will start from 18th July.
The three ODIs will now be held at the Premadasa Stadium on 18, 20 and 23 July followed by T20 Internationals from 25 July. The last two T20 matches are to be played on 27 and 29 July respectively. place.
Earlier in the day, a Sri Lankan player in one of the two bio-bubbles tested positive for COVID-19 as the virus outbreak rocked the home team ahead of the white-ball series against the Shikhar-led Indian team. Dhawan.
‘Newswire.lk’ quoted Sri Lankan sources as saying that batsman Sandun Veerakkodi has tested positive for the virus.
Veerakodi was not part of the team that returned from the UK. Even after the positive cases of Flower and Niroshan came, that team is in isolation.
The latest positive case has come from a separate bubble of 13 players.
Groups of players are training separately even as the virus outbreak forced the series to be postponed five days after the home team’s batting coach Flower and data analyst Niroshan contracted the virus.
According to the website report, Veerakkodi was with 15 senior cricketers who were training at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo here.
The report further stated that Veerakkodi, along with Bhanuka Rajapaksa and several other cricketers, were sent to Dambulla on Friday night to play a warm-up match ahead of the India series.
The squad staying at Cinnamon Grand also includes Asela Gunaratne, Angelo Pereira and Bhanuka Rajapakse, and all of them will now have to undergo quarantine.
Another group of 26 cricketers is pouring a different bubble in Dambulla, and the SLC said they are all right.
As per the original schedule, the series was to begin with an ODI phase on 13 July, followed by matches on 16 July and 18 July. T20I games were scheduled on July 21, July 23 and July 25.
The second-line Indian team, led by Dhawan with Rahul Dravid as head coach, has completed its tough quarantine and is training in Colombo.
Sri Lanka’s squad had to face an anxious wait for the results of their RT-PCR tests on their return home from the UK, following a COVID-19 outbreak. England The team after the final match of their tour in Bristol on Sunday.
The Sri Lankan team has also been in a bit of turmoil due to contract disputes and the ongoing investigation into a bio-bubble breach by three players during the tour of England.
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