India will be touring Sri Lanka in July for a white-ball series comprising of three ODIs and three T20Is. This itinerary is proposed by the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to the BCCI and it sees both teams locking horns in three ODIs first and it is followed by the T20I matches, reported ESPNCricinfo.
As per their report, the three ODIs will be played on July 13, 16, 19 and it will be followed by the T20I series running from July 22-27. The venues are yet to be decided.
The itinerary also sees the Indian team arriving in Sri Lanka on July 5 and they will head back home on July 28. After arriving in Sri Lanka, the side will have to serve out a week-long quarantine which will be split into two sets, stated the report.
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The first set will comprise of three days of hard quarantine inside their rooms and it will be followed by four days where the squad can train but their movement will be strictly restricted to just the hotel and the ground.
Also, Cricbuzz reported that there is some talk that Rahul Dravid and his staff at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) will be asked to accompany the group as coaches. The office-bearer did not rule out that possibility either.
It has also been reported that none of India's players who are a part of the traveling group for the World Test Championship final and the England Test series will be part of the Sri Lanka series.
Virat Kohli and his men will enter the bio-bubble prepared for them on May 25 here in India itself to prepare for the upcoming World Test Championship final against New Zealand in the UK and the subsequent Test series against England.
"You can expect the boys to come into the bubble on May 25 as it will be an 8-day quarantine period which will not just involve testing against COVID-19, but also there will not be any movement as the boys prepare for the UK schedule.
Once in the UK on June 2, the boys will go for another 10-day quarantine. But this time the cricketers can train as they are moving from the bubble in India to the bubble in England in a charter plane. A bubble to bubble move lets them train even though there will be continuous testing at all times and no further movement," a BCCI official told ANI.
(ANI/Cricbuzz inputs)
