Krishnappa Gowtham, Yuzvendra Chahal test Covid-19 positive in Sri Lanka

India’s Yuzvendra Chahal and Krishnappa Gowtham have tested positive for Covid-19 days after they were included in the list of close contacts of Krunal Pandya, ESPNcricinfo reported.

The duo was excluded from the squad along with the other six close contacts and they will be staying back in Sri Lanka while the remaining players and support staff are set to return to India immediately after the conclusion of the tour, the report added.

Krunal’s contraction of Covid-19 changed the outlook for India both on and off the field. He was shifted outside the team hotel while eight other players were separated from the squad albeit in the same hotel.

Now, as Chahal and Gowtham test positive, positivity in other six members of the squad that comprise Hardik Pandya, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar and Ishan Kishan can’t be ruled out from the outset.

India lost the T20 series to Sri Lanka 1-2 after not having enough reinforcement in the batting department, and the hosts picked up momentum just at the right time.