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Recovered from Covid-19 in Sri Lanka, Krunal Pandya, Chahal, Krishnappa Gowtham return home

The Indian trio of Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham and Yuzvendra Chahal has returned to India after recovering from Covid-19 in Sri Lanka, ESPNcricinfo reported. They had to take a longer route back home via the Maldives as Sri Lanka and India do not have a commercial direct flight route due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the report said further. 

They took a flight to Male and entered India in Kochi before travelling to their respective destinations. Gowtham travelled to Bengaluru while Chahal and Pandya went to Mumbai.

Krunal Pandya was the first one among the three to test Covid-19 positive during the T20 series against Sri Lanka. There were as many as eight players who came in close contact with the all-rounder and later on, Chahal and Gowtham returned Covid-19 positive.

Pandya’s contraction of the infection followed by isolation of the other eight players had weakened the Indian side and they had to face their first series loss to Sri Lanka since 2007 in the T20 format.

Among the eight who were deemed closed contacts of Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw were to travel to the United Kingdom to bolster the Indian Test squad against England. The isolation in Sri Lanka delayed their departure and they could travel to the UK only on special provisions granted by the UK government for athletes.

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"Who is running this game?", David Llyod hits out at umpires for letting Indians dictate terms

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It's an extremely difficult place to try and bat: Dan Christian on batting in Bangladesh

Australia have had a pretty tough time in the T20I format in the recent past and they have now lost the five-match series against Bangladesh away from home to add to their misery. The Aussie side finally won an encounter in Bangladesh on Saturday after suffering three back to back defeats in the first three matches in the series. Daniel Christian who played a vital role in Australia’s win in the fourth match of the series, has said that the conditions in the Asian nation are “extremely difficult”. "These are as difficult conditions as I've seen for T20 cricket - 120 is like 190, it's an extremely difficult place to try and bat. We've seen all the spinners and even the seamers, as soon as they start bowling slower balls it's really, really hard work,” he said. Christian scored 39 off 15 that included five sixes in an over off Shakib Al Hasan and a boundary in the penultimate game of the series in Dhaka. Chasing a modest total of 105, the visitors began the proceedings in a disappointing manner as Mathew Wade departed early. But Christian and Ben McDermott steadied the ship for the side and chipped in with a stand of 44 runs for the second wicket. McDermott was then undone for 5 off 12 and his dismissal saw wickets falling at regular intervals for Australia. They were reduced to 65/6 when Ashton Agar joined hands with Ashton Turner and the two put up a 34-run stand for the seventh wicket. Agar was eventually sent back in the hut for 27 but Australia went over the line by 3 wickets in 19 overs. The two sides will now play the final T20I on Monday in Dhaka.

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Just trying to improve my game all the time: Jasprit Bumrah after taking 9-wicket match haul

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has had a good time at the office in the first Test match against England in Nottingham after he bagged a total of nine wickets in the game that included a fifer in the second innings. Talking about his performance, the right-arm bowler said that he didn’t really have any special preparations for the series but admitted that a bit of “mindset adjustments” did work for him. “Not a lot of adjustments to be very honest, just the mindset adjustments. Probably not looking at the end result, being in the moment, trying to back your skills and enjoy the game of cricket,” said Bumrah about his improvement at the post-day press conference. “There are not a lot of changes that I have made. I am just trying to improve my game all the time and trying to add new things, at the same time carrying the things that I still have,” he added. India bowled out England for 303 in the second innings to fix themselves a target of 209 runs to chase in the fourth innings. The visitors were 52/1 with Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara at the crease when the stumps were called on Day -4. England captain Joe Root was the pick of the batsman for the hosts as he scored a fine century in the second innings. Virat Kohli-led side had earlier taken a lead in the first innings after scoring 278 in reply to England’s 183. While KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja notched up individual fifties, the tailenders chipped in with some crucial runs at the end.