As soon as the national team's masseur Malang Ali arrived in Sri Lanka, the test of code-19 came positive, after which he will remain in...
As soon as the national team's masseur Malang Ali arrived in Sri Lanka, the test of code-19 came positive, after which he will remain in isolation for five days.
According to popular cricket website Kirk Info, the Pakistan cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday evening to play a series of two Test matches where all the players and team management were tested.
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All 13 players and a 13-member crew, including a masseur, tested positive for the masseur, after which they were instructed to remain in isolation.
If the matches are not restored before the first Test match of the series on July 16, the national team will have to hire acting massagers from Sri Lanka as the national team has never had extra massagers in the past.
The first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played in Galle and the national team's final XI for this match is likely to be the same as the one that landed on the field for the three Test matches against Australia. Can be made
The Sri Lankan team is currently hosting Australia where the second Test match between the two teams will start on Friday and Pakistan and Sri Lanka will compete at the end of the series.
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The Sri Lankan team is also in trouble ahead of the second Test against Australia, and three Sri Lankan players have contracted the virus before the match, which starts on Friday.
Three Sri Lankan players, Dhananjaya de Silva, Asitha Fernando and Jeffrey Vandersey, have been ruled out of the second Test due to cod.
The Pakistan team will start training in Colombo from Friday and will compete in a three-day practice match from July 11 to 13 before the first Test in Galle.
Pakistan last visited Sri Lanka in 2015 and won the Test series 1-2.
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