Colombo: Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and allrounder Krishnappa Gowtham have tested positive for the COVID-19 on Friday. Chahal and Gowtham were already in isolation after they were among the eight identified close contacts of Krunal Pandya, who had tested positive on Tuesday.
“Yuzi and Gowtham have tested positive as the team was supposed to return by a charter flight to Bengaluru sans Krunal Pandya. But now as per rules, Gowtham and Yuzi will also have to be in seven-day isolation in Sri Lanka. The contingent has reached Bengaluru,” a BCCI source told PTI.
“They will take connecting flights to their respective cities from Bengaluru as they get a much-required break after more than six weeks inside the bio-bubble in Mumbai and Colombo,” the source added.
#TeamIndia fought hard but Sri Lanka win the T20I series decider by 7 wickets to clinch the series 2-1.
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The source also added that Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw, who are set to join as replacements for the Virat Kohli-led Indian Test team in England for the five-match Test series, will stay back in Colombo and leave for England soon.
“They won’t return to India with the other players. The details are being worked on, keeping the health protocols in mind,” the source said. As per Sri Lanka’s health protocol, anyone testing positive for the virus needs to isolate for at least ten days and then clear a fresh round of tests to leave the country.
