Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal and all-rounder Krishnappa Gautam have reportedly tested positive coronavirus and will remain in Colombo while the rest of the Indian team returns home after the conclusion of the T20I series, which Sri Lanka won 2-1 on Thursday night.
Chahal and Gautam are among the eight Indian squad members who were believed to be close contacts of all-rounder Krunal Pandya, who tested positive for the deadly virus on July 27, following the second T20I for a day. was postponed. Kunal was immediately taken to an isolation facility after testing positive for Covid-19
The other six cricketers are Hardik Pandya, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar and Ishaan Kishan. Eight along with Kunal will stay back in Colombo as per Sri Lankan government guidelines, in which Covid positive persons cannot leave the country until they undergo isolation for 10 days and clear a fresh series of tests.
A senior BCCI official said, “Yes, due to the mandatory isolation period of one week, only Kunal will have to stay in Sri Lanka for the time being. PTI.
“After a week, if he has two negative RT-PCR reports, he will be allowed to fly back. Currently he is in the fourth day of isolation. All others are free to depart as they have all tested negative,” he said.
The eight cricketers along with Chahal and Gautam stayed at the team hotel but separately. After Krunal tested positive, India fielded a very different team for the second T20I, with four cricketers also included in the first team along with net bowlers as the tourists put together a playing XI. were fighting for.
Frustrated India lost the second T20I and then suffered another defeat in the series-deciding final contest on Friday night.
India were already touring with a young team in the absence of several first-choice cricketers, including skipper Virat Kohli, as they were in England for a five-match Test series starting on August 4.
The Indian team in England has been hit by injuries with Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan (stand-by) ruled out for the entire tour. India have named Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav in their place and both are set to fly to England in the coming days.
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