Here yesterday the slated match was postponed due to Covid suspects. The second T20I between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo will go on as scheduled on Wednesday, July 28, sources reports to the media, after eight close touches of Krunal Pandya, India all-rounder who tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, returned negative test results. Krunal will remain in quarantine and will not go back home with the rest of the team on July 30, sources said. However, most of the eight contacts were players and they won't take the field on Wednesday, a news agency reported.
"Krunal is symptomatic with cough and throat pain. He is obviously out of the series and will not be able able to return with the rest of the squad," a BCCI source told to media."However, the good news is that all his eight close contacts who were identified by the BCCI medical officer 'Dr Abhijit Salvi' have tested negative. But as a precautionary measure can't take the field." Earlier on Tuesday, all-rounder Krunal had tested positive for COVID-19 after rapid antigen tests were conducted before the second T20I.BCCI's medical team had recognized eight members of the Indian contingent as close contacts of Krunal.
The entire suspects had undergone RT-PCR tests on Tuesday "to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad", said BCCI. India leads the three-match T20I series following they won the first T20I by 38 runs on Sunday in Colombo. Krunal returned three not out and 1 for 16 from 2 overs. The rescheduling means that the teams will play back-to-back games on Wednesday and Thursday at the R Premadasa Stadium. India had won the preceding three-match ODI series 2-1 even as Shikhar Dhawan led a new-look Indian outfit that's missing some key players including regular captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah among others.
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