Sri Lanka To Discipline Players After Covid Bubble Breach
Muhammad Rameez Published June 28, 2021 | 12:30 PM
Colombo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jun, 2021 ) :Sri Lanka's cricket board on Monday initiated disciplinary action against three players, including vice-captain Kusal Mendis, after videos emerged appearing to show them breaching their bio-secure Covid bubble in England.
Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella were seen smoking in the streets of Durham, where they are based ahead of this week's first one-day international at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday In a second video on social media, opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka is seen joining the pair, violating the coronavirus rules of their stay in England, where they are not allowed to roam freely.
"We have seen the videos and have started an inquiry," a cricket board source in Colombo told AFP. "No team member was supposed to go out of their hotel unescorted.
" Sri Lanka were swept 3-0 by England in the Twenty20 series that concluded Saturday with the hosts cruising to a thumping 89-run victory in Southampton.
Disgruntled fans launched a campaign to shun the team on social media after they slumped to a dismal fifth consecutive Twenty20 series defeat.
The hashtag #unfollowcricketers began to trend on Facebook on Sunday as thousands of fans boycotted the social media pages of Mendis and Gunathilaka, reports said.
Fans were also sharing memes asking each other not to watch the national team on television.
There was no immediate reaction from any of the senior players, but some observers posted that the performance in England was one of the team's worst in three decades.
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