Reports: Net Bowlers Added Into Indian Squad And Dhawan Available, Both T20Is To Go As Scheduled

By Aditya Pratap - Jul 28, 2021 5:42 pm

The remaining two T20I games between Sri Lanka and India will go ahead as scheduled, confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. The second T20I will take place later tonight while the third game will be played on Thursday.

The second game was originally scheduled to be played yesterday but Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya was found Covid-19 positive, forcing the match to be postponed.

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“The second T20I will go ahead later today and the last T20I will be played tomorrow,” a source in the know of developments told ANI on Wednesday.

Krunal came in close contact with Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Manish Pandey and K Gowtham, who all will be unavailable for the selection in the remaining games. However, Shikhar Dhawan is available for the selection and will lead the side.

“The second T20I between Sri Lanka and India originally scheduled to be played on July 27 has been pushed forward by a day and will now take place on Wednesday, July 28,” BCCI said in a statement.

Also Read: Krunal Pandya and 8 close contacted players will not be available for selection

“Following the Rapid Antigen Tests conducted ahead of the match on Tuesday morning, Team India all-rounder Krunal Pandya was found to be positive. The Medical Teams have identified eight members as close contacts. The entire contingent is undergoing RT-PCR tests today to ascertain any further outbreak in the squad,” it further reads.

suryakumar ishan — Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Prithvi Shaw will not be available for the remaining games

According to Cricbuzz, BCCI added Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore and Simarjeet Singh to the Indian squad and will be available to get selected in the playing XI. All these were taken as net bowlers and now will be part of the squad.

Meanwhile, the doubts loom over Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav’s inclusion in the Indian Test squad for the upcoming series against England.

BCCI, on Monday, confirmed that both of these players have been drafted in the Test team as a cover for the injured players.

The Test series is scheduled to get underway from August 4 in Nottingham.