After batsman Krunal Pandya, cricketers Yuzvendra Chahal and K. Gowtham, currently part of the Indian contingent on tour to Sri Lanka, have tested positive for COVID-19. According to media reports, Chahal, Gowtham, Krunal and six other players will be staying back in Colombo, while the rest of the squad will travel back to India.
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Chahal and Gowtham were part of the eight players identified as immediate contacts of Pandya, who had tested positive on July 27. The other players isolated include Krunal's younger brother Hardik, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar and Ishan Kishan. Of the six, Suryakumar and Prithvi, are slated to travel to the UK to join the Indian squad for the upcoming England series.
The Indian team on Thursday finished the series, which initially was delayed due to multiple COVID-19 cases in the Sri Lankan camp after they returned from their tour of the United Kingdom. India lost the T20 series 1-2 after several players of the squad had to be isolated owing to Krunal's infection.
The ODI series was delayed by five days and then the second T20 International, slated on Tuesday, had to be deferred by a day after Krunal tested positive, having shown symptoms on that day.
