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Chahal, K Gowtham test positive for Covid in Sri Lanka


Bangladeshpost
Published : 30 Jul 2021 08:06 PM

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Senior legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal and spin-bowling allrounder K Gowtham have both tested positive for Covid-19 while on tour in Sri Lanka. The two were part of the group of eight players who had earlier been identified as immediate contacts of allrounder Krunal Pandya, who had tested positive on July 27.

Chahal and Gowtham, along with Krunal, will have to stay back in Colombo for the time being, while four out of the other six players - Krunal's brother Hardik, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar and Ishan Kishan - will be returning home along with the rest of the Indian squad, which is scheduled to fly back to India on Friday afternoon.

It is understood that the pair of Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav, who were among Krunal’s eight immediate contacts, will not leave for India with the others but stay back in Colombo and fly out to England soon to join the Indian Test squad.