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Sri Lanka players resume training after COVID-19 lockdown | Sri Lanka cricketers back in training after COVID-19 break

Sri Lankan players are slowly but steadily returning back to normalcy, as they completed their first training session post lockdown. The head coach Mickey Arthur oversaw the residential training for the 13 players who were a part of the program.

“We have done a lot of conditioning and every day we have upped their bowling. So they are almost ready. In the next month, they will be ready to play cricket,” Arthur said.

The Sri Lankan team’s future schedule is uncertain as India’s tour to the island nation was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sri Lanka last played International cricket against West Indies in the T20I series which concluded on March 6. They had a Test series scheduled against England, but the visitors pulled out of the contest as the fear of the COVID-19 virus grew all over the world.

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Dimuth Karunaratne, the skipper of the national team, said that it was tough getting back to training post the 24-hour curfew in the island nation.

“Even when we are training in the first day it was really hard, but now I am shaping and I am getting my fitness back. We are trying to bounce back and play good international cricket,” the 32-year old said.

Earlier this week, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) swapped the hosting rights of the Asia Cup. If the six-nation tournament goes ahead this year then it will be held in the island nation.

Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.

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