Grant Flower, Sri Lankan batting coach tested positive for COVID-19  ahead of a home series against India, reported AFP quoting the cricket board in Colombo. Flower is in isolation now. 50-year-old Flower returned from England where Sri Lanka played a one-day and Twenty20 international series. He was preparing for next week’s India games when he showed coronavirus symptoms.

The board said soon after he showed symptoms, he was isolated from the team members, who are undergoing quarantine following their return from England. Flower had “mild symptoms” and his test came back positive.

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Soon after the Sri Lanka team’s return, three players and four support staff members of the England team tested positive for COVID-19. The trio of Sri Lankan players, who violated their bio-secure bubble just before the start of their one-day international series in Durham, were recalled and are facing disciplinary action.

Meanwhile, India opener Shikhar Dhawan will lead the team that will travel to Sri Lanka for a limited-overs tour. Former cricketer Rahul Dravid is the coach for this series. With country’s top cricketers already in England for the World Test Championship final and the subsequent England series, the selection of a number of youngsters in the squad is on expected lines.

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Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey have also made a comeback but Shreyas Iyer missing out on selection means he has not yet recovered from his shoulder injury.

India and Sri Lanka will clash in three One-day Internationals and as many Twenty20 matches on the tour that will begin on July 13 and conclude on July 25.