The rescheduled ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will kick off on July 18, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah has confirmed.
The upcoming ODI series between India and Sri Lanka has been rescheduled after hosts’ workforce analyst GT Niroshan and batting coach Grant Flower examined constructive for coronavirus.
“The India-Sri Lanka ODI series will start on July 18 due to coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka camp,” Jay Shah instructed ANI.
The Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian facet was slated to lock horns within the ODI series scheduled to start on Tuesday, however because of the current circumstances within the Sri Lanka camp, the tour will now start from July 18.
As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, each Niroshan and Flower have been contaminated with the Delta variant, which is extra contagious. Sri Lanka squad was slated to return out of quarantine and enter a bio-bubble on Friday, however the gamers have been compelled to spend not less than two extra days in isolation.
Earlier, three England gamers testing constructive for COVID-19 had despatched alarm bells ringing as Sri Lanka final performed towards the English squad.
Sri Lanka performed towards England in three ODIs and three T20Is and the cricketers returned to Sri Lanka on Tuesday night. Sri Lanka didn’t win a single match on their tour to England after they suffered a 3-0 defeat in T20Is and a 2-0 loss within the ODI series.
