Updated On: 11 July, 2022 10:50 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Nissanka will be replaced by Oshada Fernando who made a similar entrance in the first Test as a Covid-19 replacement for Angelo Mathews

Dinesh Chandimal and Ramesh Mendis walk back to the pavilion at the end of the third day play of the second cricket Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia. Pic/ AFP
The Sri Lankan cricket team has once again been struck by the dreaded Covid-19 virus. This time opener Pathum Nissanka tested positive for the virus and is set to be replaced in the on-going 2nd Test by Oshada Fernando.
Fernando also filled in for Angelo Mathews who had had similarly tested positive midway through the first Test against Australia.