In a welcome sign for both Sri Lanka Cricket and the BCCI, all first-choice Sri Lankan players, who have returned from the UK have tested covid-19 negative in the latest round of RT PCR testing in Colombo, PTI reported.
"Normally, the moment we get any positive result we announce. There has been another round of RT-PCR tests conducted yesterday and the results were supposed to come today. We only get the results if there is any positive cases. Since we haven't got any positive report, which we normally receive by mid day, it can be presumed that all players have tested negative," PTI quoted an unnamed BCCI official as saying.
The report also suggested that the players will soon be allowed to go for the outdoor training in the next 48 hours and will be shifted to a biosecure bubble where they will be able to train for the series against India.
"If all goes well, the UK-returned players would be able to come out of their hard quarantine and enter the bio-bubble. The robust testing is expected to continue as per norms," the source added.
Two members of the contingent that came back from England such as the batting coach Grant Flower and an analyst tested positive for the virus after arrival in the country.
Those two cases and subsequent stringent protocols forced the BCCI and the SLC to postpone the ODI series originally scheduled to start on July 13 to July 18.