India tour of Sri Lanka: Big setback for Sri Lanka, batting coach Grant Flower tests COVID-19 positive days ahead of ODI series- Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower has been tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from England ahead of the India series. As many as three England players were Tested positive after the Sri Lanka series.
India tour of Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka side has been quarantined upon their return on Tuesday. Perera & Co mingled with the lot in Bristol and there is the possibility of positive cases in the Lanka camp. Sri Lanka will face Shikhar Dhawan-led Team India in three ODIs and as many T20Is from July 13.
India tour of Sri Lanka: The entire England squad was forced to isolate after multiple positive cases in the camp ahead of their limited-overs series against Pakistan and were forced to name nine uncapped players. A similar situation can evolve in Sri Lanka. Currently, all the players and staff members are being tested for COVID.
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“We arrived here [in Colombo] and we haven’t been allowed to enter our rooms without the result of a rapid antigen test, which luckily, I think most of our squad have got through. We’ve done another PCR where the results come out tomorrow (Wednesday). At the end of that ODI there was a fair amount of banter between the two teams – quite a lot of chat and quite a lot of talk – so it did bring about some anxious times,” Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur told ESPNCricinfo.
India Tour of Sri Lanka: Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Cricket will also increase the testing frequency to ruled out any false-negative results. “The players will undergo an appropriate quarantine period allocated by the Ministry of Health and frequent PCR tests before they begin training (for the India series),” one of the team doctors told Daily Mirror Sri Lanka.