Eight Indian gamers who missed the second T20 International towards Sri Lanka in Colombo on Wednesday – and also will sit out within the third – had a meal collectively a day earlier than Kunal Pandya examined optimistic. As a consequence, he was thought-about an in depth contact by the BCCI medical staff.
After Krunal examined optimistic, eight different gamers – Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manish Pandey, Ok Gowtham and Ishan Kishan – have been stored beneath isolation until Friday.
A number of hours earlier than the match on Tuesday, Kunal had complained of a sore throat. A speedy antigen check was executed, which got here again optimistic. The complete Indian staff later performed an RT-PCR check and all different outcomes got here again unfavourable.
Meanwhile, the remainder of the staff are anticipated to take a chartered battle in Bangalore after Thursday’s match. The board can also be making preparations for 2 gamers touring to England – Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav – to hitch the Test staff there. However, they should current three unfavourable RT-PCR checks.
Meanwhile, the Indian board is in contact along with his Sri Lankan counterpart and the medical staff is monitoring Krunal’s well being.
The eight gamers believed to be near him had been earlier advised that they’d be allowed to play the final two T20Is. However, BCCI secretary Jay Shah, in session with the choice committee, determined towards it as he felt the security of different gamers was of paramount significance.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
