Sri Lanka tour of India canceled due to COVID19

Sri Lanka Tour of India

The Indian cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka was canceled in view of the problem of the Covid-19 epidemic. A cricket series of limited format was to be played between the two countries. The board of both countries said that it is not yet time to pursue this game.

India had to play three ODIs and as many T20 matches on the Sri Lanka tour from the beginning of June and the series was to be played by July. However, the dates of these matches were not yet confirmed. After the cancellation of this tour of India, now the wait for cricket fans can be longer.

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A board source told PTI that visiting Sri Lanka is not correct in the current situation. This has been confirmed by a press release from Sri Lanka. On behalf of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board, it has been said that BCCI has told Sri Lanka Cricket that it is not possible to do this cricket series in the current situation due to the Kovid 19 epidemic in which the three-match ODI and T20 series of the same match was to be played.

However, this cricket series was expected to be canceled as the training of Indian players has not started yet. At the same time, the number of corona infected people is increasing in India and till now more than 8000 people have died. Anyway, it was being said that the players have been away from cricket for a long time and to return to international cricket they need one to one and a half months so that they can be ready to play cricket at this level.

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The training camp of Indian players had not started yet, in such a situation, taking part in a cricket series suddenly could prove fatal for the players as it could increase the chances of players getting injured. Apart from this, the problem of the Kovid 19 epidemic is not getting reduced at this time, in such a situation, the safety of the health of the players is at the top. In this situation, no board will want to take risks.