Xtra Time Web Desk: Sri Lanka Cricket on Sunday breathed a huge sigh of relief as the entire Sri Lankan first team, including senior players Kusal Perera, Dushmantha Chameera and Dhananjaya de Silva, have all returned negative in their latest RT-PCR tests ahead of the limited overs series against India.
“Normally, the moment we get any positive result we announce. There has been another round of RT-PCR tests conducted yesterday and the results were supposed to come today. We only get the results if there is any positive cases. Since we haven”t got any positive report, which we normally receive by mid day, it can be presumed that all players have tested negative,” PTI quoted a SLC source.
After batting coach Grant Flower and data analyst G T Niroshan, along with another player in a separate bio-bubble, tested positive for Covid-19, the series that was originally scheduled to start on July 13 was pushed back by five days.
It is now expected that the players would be allowed to enter the bio-bubble by Monday as they complete a week-long hard quarantine after their arrival from the United Kingdom.
As per the revised schedule, the three ODIs will take place on July 18,20 & 23 while the T20Is will be played on July 25, 27 & 29 respectively.