Kusal Mendis, Danushka and Dickwella dropped from India series

Three Sri Lankan cricket players ordered to leave the tour of England on disciplinary grounds will be dropped from a home series against India in July, officials said in a report published by AFP.

Dubbed the “terrible trio” by media, vice captain Kusal Mendis, opener Danushka Gunathilaka and wicket keeper Niroshan Dickwella returned home on Tuesday.

According to AFP, Sri Lanka Cricket officials said an inquiry into how they left the team’s pandemic isolated hotel in England would start after their mandatory two-week quarantine.

None will be included in the three one day internationals and three Twenty20 games to start July 13.

“They are likely to get a minimum one-year suspension if found guilty of several breaches of their contract,” one official told AFP.

The trio was also pulled out of the three-match one-day international series against England after they were seen breaching their bio-secure bubble ahead of the first ODI in Durham.

England won the first ODI on Tuesday by five wickets.

The second ODI is due to be played Thursday with the final on Sunday.