Krishnappa Gowtham And Yuzvendra Chahal Test Positive For Covid-19
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Krishnappa Gowtham and Yuzvendra Chahal, two more Indian cricketers have tested Covid-19 positive during the latest tests conducted by health authorities in Sri Lanka according to sources from the Sri Lanka Medical Authority.Indian cricketers KrishnappaGowtham and YuzvendraChahal have been forced to stay back in Sri Lanka after testing positive for COVID-19 in pre-departure tests, joining all-rounder KrunalPandya who is already in isolation after being infected earlier.
Every member before boarding a return flight was supposed to undergo an RT-PCR test and there Krishnappa Gowtham and Yuzvendra Chahal, deemed as close contacts of KrunalPandya, have been found positive. Six others Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Ishan Kishan, SuryakumarYadav, Prithvi Shaw, and Deepak Chahar are free to depart the country.
YuzvendraChahal celebrates taking a wicket during the second ODI against Sri Lanka. (PTI)
These two players were among the 9 players who were isolated after India all-rounder KrunalPandya tested positive.Krunal Pandya tested positive ahead of the second Twenty-20 International against Sri Lanka, after which the match was postponed to Wednesday (July 28).
Eight more players who were identified as his close associates were later isolated as a precautionary measure. Meanwhile, according to sources, apart from the infected players, the cricketers from the Indian team who have tested negative will leave Sri Lanka soon. Prithvi Shaw and SuryakumarYadav are supposed to be flown to the United Kingdom where they will join as replacement players after Avesh Khan and Washington Sundar got injured.
