Six Women Sri Lankan cricketers who were a part of the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe have tested positive for Covid-19.
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The Sri Lanka Cricket Board on Sunday said that six of their cricketers have tested positive. However, it is still not known whether they have the new mutated Covid-19 virus or not.
After the World Health Organization on Friday sounded an alarm of the detection of new mutated variant of Covid-19 virus in South Africa, the ICC has called off the World Cup qualifiers tournament which was taking place in Zimbabwe. After the news emerged, travel restrictions have been made in several African countries. The virus has been named as Omicron.
The ICC took the decision after the match between Sri Lanka and West Indies as several Lankan staff’s tested positive.
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“Step will be taken to bring back the Sri Lanka women’s team from Zimbabwe,” the SLC added as quoted by the TOI.
The abandonment of the tournament meaned that Bangladesh, West Indies and Pakistan are the remaining three countries which travel to New Zealand for the ICC ODI World Cup next year owing to ICC rankings. They will be joined by New Zealand, Australia, England, India, and South Africa.
India are scheduled to tour South Africa to play three T20Is, three ODIs and four tests. The series is scheduled to start from December 17. The senior team players are scheduled to fly on December 8. The BCCI will now need special permission from the government to tour the African country.
“We are in constant touch with Cricket South Africa, while continuously monitoring the situation over there. The health and safety of the cricketers are paramount and we will act accordingly. Health Ministry’s directive is supreme. If we get any advisory in this regard, we will certainly follow that,” BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal said on Saturday.
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