AUS vs IND | Five Indian gamers remoted as CA, BCCI launch investigation into breach of COVID-19 protocols

Image Source : GETTY Rohit Sharma
Five Indian gamers – Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini – have been positioned into isolation for potential breach of COVID-19 protocols after a video went viral on social media the place they had been noticed having meals at a restaurant in Melbourne. 

The gamers have been separated from the Indian and the Australian squad who’re each in Melbourne “in accordance with the strict protocols that have been put in place to ensure the ongoing safety of all members of the Indian and Australian squads,” stated a Cricket Australia assertion on Saturday night time.

“The BCCI and CA are investigating the matter and in search of to find out whether or not the outing constitutes a breach of biosecurity protocols. 

“In the interim, on the advice of the Australian and Indian medical teams, the aforementioned players have been placed in isolation as a precaution. This will include separating the group of players from the broader Indian and Australian squads when traveling and at the training venue.”

A video of the 5 gamers sitting at a restaurant on New Year’s Day went viral after a cricket fan shared it on his Twitter web page, who even claimed to have paid their invoice. He additional added that he hugged Pant earlier than clarifying on the next day that he did not. 

The protocols are anticipated to get stricter in Sydney the place they are going to be travelling on Monday. These protocols of Cricket Australia, who’re but to obtain a inexperienced sign from Queensland’s authorities for the journey of gamers from Sydney to Brisbane for the fourth Test, have helped them in tackling a second outbreak within the nation. 

BCCI too will probably be wanting into the matter and resolve the sanctions for this breach. 

The third Test begins on January 7 with the sequence levelled at 1-1.