Xtra Time Web Desk: Sri Lanka Cricket's data analyst G. T. Niroshan has tested positive for Covid 19 ahead of the limited overs series against India. This is the second case in the Sri Lankan team after batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for the virus on Thursday. Niroshan was found to be positive, following a PCR Test carried out among the National Players, Coaches, and Support Staff. He is now undergoing due medical protocols. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board shared the news on its official twitter handle.

https://twitter.com/OfficialSLC/status/1413441221633089546?s=20

On Thursday, Sri Lanka's batting coach Flower tested positive for COVID-19, 48 hours after the squad's arrival from England and less than a week before the home series against India. Sri Lanka are set to take on India in a six-match white-ball series starting July 13.

Flower has been islolating from the rest of the squad which is undergoing hard quarantine on arrival from UK.