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The BCCI on Thursday wrote to Cricket Australia looking for leisure in arduous quarantine protocol of Brisbane for the fourth Test to go forward, reminding the host board that the guests are carried out with the strict isolation that was agreed upon originally of the tour.
It is learnt {that a} prime BCCI govt has written to CA head Earl Eddings citing to him the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the 2 boards on the modalities of the tour which by no means had any specification on two arduous quarantines in separate cities.
The Brisbane Test is because of begin on January 15 and the quarantine guidelines will prohibit the gamers to only their resort rooms after day’s play.
“The discussions are still on but today BCCI has formally sent a letter seeking relaxation of hard quarantine for its players if they are to have the match in Brisbane,” a senior BCCI official advised PTI.
“The MoU that was signed never mentioned about two hard quarantines. India have done one hard quarantine in Sydney (practice and back to hotel room),” he added.
So what are the exact calls for positioned by the BCCI after addressing the grievances of its gamers and the place precisely does Queensland well being authorities stand in the intervening time?
“The BCCI’s demand is simple. The players want to mingle with each other inside the hotel bio-bubble like they did in the IPL. They want to have their meals together inside the hotel and also have the team meetings together. That’s not a big demand,” he knowledgeable.
As far as Cricket Australia’s communication is anxious, they’ve acknowledged that gamers can mingle outdoors their room however solely those that are residing on the identical flooring. Player from two completely different flooring can’t are available in contact with one another, which to many appears ridiculous.
“The BCCI has advised CA that the relief of the quarantine guidelines must be given in writing. During India’s arduous quarantine in Sydney after reaching from UAE, there was police personnel in every flooring guaranteeing that there is no such thing as a breach of bio-safety protocols.
“Hopefully, nothing of that sort will happen if the team travels to Brisbane. All we want is IPL style bio-bubble.”
The Indian gamers have been put underneath resort quarantine in Sydney, the venue for the continued third Test, and skipper Ajinkya Rahane made his displeasure evident when he spoke the way it was “challenging to stay in hotel” when outdoors metropolis appeared “normal”.
In case Queensland authorities do not budge, then the fourth Test may properly be performed in Sydney from the identical dates however that is still a distant chance as hectic parleys proceed.