The whole Indian cricket contingent, together with the 5 gamers who’re in precautionary isolation, will journey to Sydney for the third Test in opposition to Australia collectively in the identical chartered flight on Monday.
The 5 gamers — vice-captain Rohit Sharma, opener Shubman Gill, stumper Rishabh Pant, pacer Navdeep Saini and batsman Prithvi Shaw — haven’t been barred from travelling with the crew regardless of an ongoing investigation into an alleged bio-security protocol breach by them.
Cricket Australia, in a media launch on Saturday, stated it’s probing the matter collectively with the BCCI after a video of the gamers at an indoor restaurant was posted by a fan, who recognized himself as Navaldeep Singh on Twitter.
“If you rigorously learn the CA assertion, they by no means stated that it’s a breach. They stated that they’re looking for to find out if it’s a breach.
“So there is no restriction on these five players travelling with the team to Sydney. The entire team is flying tomorrow afternoon,” a senior BCCI official instructed PTI on situations of anonymity.
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It is known that the controversy has not gone down properly with the travelling crew and it isn’t amused with how Cricket Australia has to this point dealt with the difficulty.
“Had the gentleman (the fan) in query not lied about hugging a participant (Rishabh Pant) on social media, this mess wouldn’t have occurred. The gamers had gone inside as a result of it was drizzling.
“This guy, without permission, shot a video and then paid the bill which no one asked him to and after that for publicity put a screen grab of bill,” the official stated.
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“You want to tell me that Cricket Australia will be taking a decision based on a purported video of a person who first lied and then retracted his statement,” he added.
What was Administrative Manager Girish Dongre’s position?
For BCCI, the person below scanner is administrative supervisor Girish Dongre. Dongre is an worker of the BCCI and is meant to deal with and likewise hold the the crew abreast in regards to the COVID-19 protocols.
“The players are not supposed to carry the protocol sheets or remember every fine line written,” one other BCCI official stated.
“There is a professional team of people who have to ensure that every rule is being followed and it was Dongre’s duty to ensure that players are told that they can’t get into an indoor area,” he added.
Brisbane Test on as of now
The Australian media on Sunday claimed that the fourth Test in Brisbane has been jeopardised because the vacationers are reluctant to journey there in view of stricter quarantine guidelines.
But it’s learnt that the fourth Test, beginning on the Gabba from January 15, is on as of now.
The border restrictions between New South Wales (venue of third Test in Sydney) and Queensland state authorities is an issue.
Queensland has closed its borders for folks travelling from New South Wales as a result of rising instances of COVD-19 in Sydney and surrounding areas.
However there might be an exception made for the Test match and gamers might be in a stricter bio-bubble, just like the one within the IPL.
It might properly occur that to be able to play the Test match in Brisbane, the Indian crew must be in a stricter bio-bubble from Sydney itself which might make for a tough quarantine (hotel-stadium-hotel) of round 15 days.
However, as of now BCCI has not taken any name on asking CA to shift the Test match from Brisbane to Sydney.
“It’s a fluid situation. Let’s wait for a few more days,” a BCCI official stated.
