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Eight close contacts of the allrounder, all from the Indian contingent, are in isolation
Krunal Pandya has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the second T20I between Sri Lanka and India, scheduled for Tuesday evening, to be pushed back by a day. Pandya’s positive test result came not too long before the scheduled start of play – at 8pm local time – and ESPNcricinfo understands that eight other members of the Indian contingent have so far been identified as Pandya’s close contacts and been asked to isolate in their hotel rooms.
The positive result emerged on Tuesday morning, following the latest round of tests for the Indian travelling group conducted on Monday. It is understood that the positive result emerged after the lateral flow test, which the squad has to carry out regularly.
Not long after the news broke, a BCCI press statement confirmed that “the entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad”.
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Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo
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