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Sri Lanka's Test squad has been rocked by three more Covid-19 positive cases ahead of Friday's second Test against Australia.

Key batter Dhananjaya de Silva, pacer Asitha Fernando and spinner Jeffrey Vandersay, who all played in the first Test, returned positive Covid tests ruling them out of the series finale.

It brings to five the number of Sri Lankan players who have tested positive for the virus in the past week.

All three players were found to be positive during a Rapid Antigen Test conducted on Wednesday. After the latest positive results, the rest of the players and support staff of the Test squad underwent another Rapid Antigen Test. All returned negative.

While, Dhananjaya, Vandersay, and Fernando have been relocated to a different hotel and remain in isolation. Praveen Jayawickrama too was relocated to the same hotel. In the meantime, Lakshan Sandakan was drafted into the squad.

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In good news for the hosts, Angelo Mathew who had tested positive for Covid midway through the first test is now available to play. His latest Antigen test came negative on Wednesday.