<p>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 Wednesday.</p>.<p>Dubbed the "terrible trio" by media, vice captain Kusal Mendis, opener Danushka Gunathilaka and wicket keeper Niroshan Dickwella returned home Tuesday</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>None will be included in the three one day internationals and three Twenty20 games to start July 13.</p>.<p>"They are likely to get a minimum one-year suspension if found guilty of several breaches of their contract," one official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Mendis and Dickwella were seen smoking in the streets of Durham, where they were based ahead of the ODI series.</p>.<p>In a second video on social media, Gunathilaka is seen joining the pair, violating the coronavirus rules of their stay.</p>.<p>England won the first ODI on Tuesday by five wickets. The second ODI is due to be played Thursday with the final on Sunday.</p>.<p>After Sri Lanka's whitewash in the T20 series against England, their fifth consecutive series defeat, disgruntled fans launched a campaign to shun the team on social media.</p>.<p>The hashtag #unfollowcricketers began to trend on Facebook on Sunday as thousands of fans boycotted the social media pages of Mendis and Gunathilaka, reports said.</p>.<p>Fans were also sharing memes asking each other not to watch the national team on television.</p>
<p>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 Wednesday.</p>.<p>Dubbed the "terrible trio" by media, vice captain Kusal Mendis, opener Danushka Gunathilaka and wicket keeper Niroshan Dickwella returned home Tuesday</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>None will be included in the three one day internationals and three Twenty20 games to start July 13.</p>.<p>"They are likely to get a minimum one-year suspension if found guilty of several breaches of their contract," one official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Mendis and Dickwella were seen smoking in the streets of Durham, where they were based ahead of the ODI series.</p>.<p>In a second video on social media, Gunathilaka is seen joining the pair, violating the coronavirus rules of their stay.</p>.<p>England won the first ODI on Tuesday by five wickets. The second ODI is due to be played Thursday with the final on Sunday.</p>.<p>After Sri Lanka's whitewash in the T20 series against England, their fifth consecutive series defeat, disgruntled fans launched a campaign to shun the team on social media.</p>.<p>The hashtag #unfollowcricketers began to trend on Facebook on Sunday as thousands of fans boycotted the social media pages of Mendis and Gunathilaka, reports said.</p>.<p>Fans were also sharing memes asking each other not to watch the national team on television.</p>