AUS vs IND | Team India restricted from leaving Sydney lodge premises aside from coaching
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The India cricketers who travelled to Sydney on Monday for the third Test starting January 7 have been requested by the group administration to not depart the lodge premises aside from coaching throughout their keep in Sydney.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) confirmed to IANS on Monday that the gamers have been requested to abide by the bio-security protocols strictly and keep hotel-ground-hotel routine.
The improvement comes after 5 gamers — Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini had been put in isolation as each the Australian and Indian cricket boards launched an investigation into alleged breach of bio-security protocols following a video on social media which confirmed them sitting indoors in a restaurant in Melbourne final week.
The recommendation by the group administration implies that the India gamers will keep in strict quarantine for the subsequent two weeks as they observe up the Sydney Test with one in Brisbane, the place the Queensland state authorities protocols put them in hotel-ground-hotel routine.
On Monday, each Cricket Australia and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that their gamers, help workers in addition to match officers returned unfavorable take a look at outcomes for Covid-19 previous to their departure to Sydney.
“Playing members of the Indian cricket team and support staff underwent an RT-PCR Test for Covid-19 on January 3, 2021. All tests have returned negative results,” stated a press release from the Indian cricket board on Monday morning.
A Cricket Australia spokesperson additionally confirmed that the Aussie gamers in addition to match officers have cleared the checks.
“CA players, staff and match officials also underwent Covid-19 tests yesterday and have returned negative results,” stated the spokesperson on Monday.
It needs to be famous that the checks had been a part of the usual process to be adopted by each the groups and doesn’t should do with investigation over the alleged breach by the 5 Indian gamers.
