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Richard Illingworth will become the first neutral umpire since the Covid-19 pandemic as Bangladesh don't have any ICC Elite Panel Umpires to officiate the Test in the country. Illingworth arrived in Chattogram on January 24 and now is undergoing quarantine in regulation with Bangladesh Govt rule.

Sri Lanka’s stand-in skipper Dinesh Chandimal expressed bafflement over his side’s second unfathomable collapse in as many Tests, and urged his batsmen, including himself, to bat with patience like Root. Despite taking a 37-run lead, a horror show in the second innings drove the Lankans to a loss.

The World Test Championship final, in which India is almost certain to play, will now be played from June 18 to June 22 as compared to the earlier scheduled date of June 10-14 at the Lord's. This has been done keeping an eye on the IPL final for which the players might have to go through isolation.