New Delhi: The clouds of danger are hanging around the neck of the 3-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka starting on July 13. The report of two supporting staff of the Sri Lankan team that returned from the England tour has come corona positive. After which it is not easy for the players to escape the infection of Covid19. Data Analyst GT Niroshan has also been found to be COVID-19 positive on Friday, July 9 after the Sri Lankan cricket team’s batting coach Grant Flower was found to be Corona positive. Since then, there is talk of extending the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka.
In his conversation with news agency ANI, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has indicated that India’s ODI series against Sri Lanka may be pushed to July 17. From which, one thing is clear that the ODI series will now start after 4 days. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has taken this decision in view of the Corona case in the Sri Lankan team.
Significantly, the start of the 3-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka (IND vs SL ODI Series) was scheduled for July 13, while the T20 series from July 21. All the matches of this bilateral series will be played at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In such a situation, Sri Lanka Cricket Board can accept BCCI’s point of view in view of security.
Significantly, the last ODI match of the Sri Lankan cricket team on the tour of England could not be completed due to rain. After which the entire team returned to their country from there. At the same time, before the ODI series in the Royal London Series (Royal London Series England vs Pakistan 2021), 7 members of the England cricket team (3 players and 4 supporting staff) were found to be COVID positive in the RT PCR test, after which the ‘England and Wales Cricket Board’ ‘ quarantined the entire team and formed a new team of 18 players under the captaincy of Ben Stokes.
Ever since the players of the England cricket team were found to be corona positive, it was believed that the Sri Lankan team has also been infected. For this reason, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board sent the entire team directly from Colombo Airport in a bio-bubble and sent all the players to the quarantine. In such a situation, if a player is found to be Corona positive in a 5-day quarantine, he will be quarantined under the isolation protocol and the rest of the players will be sent to play the limited-overs series against India.
