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After Grant Flower, Sri Lanka team analyst tests positive for COVID-19
A day after Sri Lanka’s batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for the novel coronavirus, team data analyst G T Niroshan has also tested positive just ahead of the white-ball series against India slated to kick off from 13th July. The news was made public by the Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC) through their official Twitter handle. Niroshan is currently under isolation and is undergoing treatment. "The Data Analyst of the Sri Lanka National Team, G.T. Niroshan, has tested positive for Covid 19," Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement. "He was found to be positive, following a PCR Test carried out among the National Players, Coaches, and Support Staff yesterday, following the identification of Grant Flower as Covid Positive. Niroshan is now undergoing due medical protocols,” the statement further read. Grant Flower had tested positive for the deadly virus just 48 hours after landing from England. It is believed that Flower was not in close proximity of the players in the last few days. The players and support staff are currently isolating themselves separately and the board feels that the series against India will go as planned. However, the team had travelled together from England. Sri Lanka has been marred by controversies in the recent past with senior players Danushka Gunathilaka, Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Mendis breaching the bio-bubble protocols in England. They were sent back from England and is serving suspension until the probe is over. Reports have surfaced that they could be out for a minimum of one year.
Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of SL-IND series
In what could potentially jeopardise the India-Sri Lanka limited over series, Sri Lanka batting coach Grant Flower has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday just days before the start of the ODI series against India. The whole squad returned from England three days back and it will be interesting to see how things pan out in the coming days. Flower is currently the only active member of the squad testing positive for the virus and Sri Lanka’s medical staff is hopeful of the fact that it won’t impact the white-ball series against India. It is believed that Flower hasn’t been in close contact with the rest of the squad members in the last few days. The Sri Lankan players are currently isolating themselves in separate rooms but had travelled together from England. If the result is not a false positive, the Sri Lankan medical staff feels that Flower contracted the virus in England. "We have to find out how Flower got infected, and also which variant of the virus he has been infected with," a member of Sri Lanka's medical was quoted as saying by the ESPNcricinfo. As per the original plan, the team was supposed to come out of isolation on Friday but that has been put to hold until the next round of RT-PCR test results.