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India in Sri Lanka: Shikhar Dhawan and team to undergo 14-day quarantine, to play intra-squad matches

India led by Shikhar Dhawan will play 3 intra-squad games in Colombo as preparation for the series against Sri Lanka. The team will undergo a 14-day quarantine in India (7 days of hard and 7 days of soft quarantine).

Shikhar Dhawan

New Delhi, June 12: India squad led by Shikhar Dhawan will play three intra-squad games in Colombo as preparation for the limited-over series against Sri Lanka. Before that, the team will undergo a 14-day quarantine in India (seven days of hard and seven days of soft quarantine) from Monday (June 14 to June 27) before undergoing another phase of quarantine in Colombo.

The Indian players wanted to play some practice games, but the COVID-19 situation meant it had to be intra-squad games and not against a Sri Lanka 'A' team.

"The Indians wanted to play some warm-up games against the 'A' team or a team that could be arranged, but the COVID-19 protcols made that a little difficult and that is when a request went to BCCI to play intra-squad games. So, the Indian team will play one T20 game and two ODI games.

"The team will assemble on Monday and undergo 14 days of quarantine with regular testing. While the first seven days will be hard quarantine, the players can then train indoors for the next seven days before leaving will for Colombo," a BCCI official told ANI.

The Indian team will undergo 3 more days of hard quarantine in Colombo before training in quarantine till July 4. After that, they will be allowed to train normally before the series gets underway on July 13.

"As per the plan, the team after reaching Colombo will be in hard quarantine for three days before starting to train in quarantine till July 4. Post this period they can train normally in the bubble till July 12 and also play the intra-squad games," the official added.

All matches will be played at the Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. The three ODIs will be played on July 13, 16, and 18. While the T20I series will commence on July 21, and the next two matches will be played on July 23 and 25.

Story first published: Saturday, June 12, 2021, 11:45 [IST]
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