In a huge sigh of relief, the rest of the Indian players and support staff have tested negative for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Coronavirus-all">COVID-19</a> after all-rounder <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-sl-krunal-pandya-tests-positive-for-covid19-second-t20i-postponed-to-july-28-23184986">Krunal Pandya</a> tested positive on Tuesday.&nbsp;
Pandya testing positive forced the postponement of the second T20I against Sri Lanka in Colombo.&nbsp;
However, with the rest of the team members testing negative, the second T20I, which was pushed back by a day, will take place today at the R Premadasa Stadium. The third and final T20I will be played on Thursday.&nbsp;
<h2>Match as per schedule</h2>
&ldquo;All other players have tested negative for COVID-19. So, the match is on as per the revised schedule [sent by the BCCI],&rdquo; a BCCI source told&nbsp; mid-day.&nbsp;
According to a BCCI media release, the medical staff had identified eight close contacts of Pandya, who tested positive after a Rapid Antigen Test was conducted on Tuesday morning. Once Pandya was moved into seven-day isolation, the entire Indian contingent had to undergo RT-PCR tests. And till then, the players were forced to go back into isolation until the test results were not released.&nbsp;
<h2>Shocker to the team</h2>
Pandya testing positive came as a shock to the Indian camp as the &ldquo;protocol for COVID-19 are so strict and followed to the T.&rdquo;
It remains to be seen whether the COVID-19 outbreak will disrupt travel plans of Mumbai batsmen Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav, who have been named in the Indian Test team for the five-match series against England as replacements. &nbsp;Shikhar Dhawan&rsquo;s men had won the ODI series 2-1 and also beat Sri Lanka in the first T20I by 38 runs.&nbsp;
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India’s second T20I against SL to be played today after players test negative; Krunal in 7-day isolation

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