Second Sri Lanka-India T20I postponed
The second T20I between Sri Lanka and India originally scheduled to be played on July 27 has been pushed forward by a day and will now take place on Wednesday, July 28.
Following the Rapid Antigen Tests conducted ahead of the match on Tuesday morning, Team India all-rounder Krunal Pandya was found to be positive. The Medical Teams have identified eight members as close contacts.
The entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad.
The revised schedule is as below
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India’s tour of Sri Lanka, 2021 – T20I series |
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S.No. |
Date |
Match |
Venue |
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1 |
28th July |
2nd T20I |
Colombo |
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2 |
29th July |
3rd T20I |
Colombo |
JAY SHAH
Honorary Secretary
BCCI
Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are among 8 players who are in close contact of Krunal Pandya – all of them are isolated – India’,s Outlook media reports
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): With all-rounder Krunal Pandya testing positive for COVID-19, Tuesday’s T201 between India and Sri Lanka has been postponed and is likely to take place on Wednesday if the rest test negative.
Speaking to ANI, sources in the know of developments said Krunal has tested COVID-19 positive and that forced the two teams to go into isolation till reports come in of the rest of the players. “Krunal has tested positive and the T201 on Tuesday has been postponed and will happen on Wednesday if all the others test negative. The players are currently isolating,” the source said. (ANI)