Brisbane Test: BCCI writes to Cricket Australia on rest of onerous quarantine

The BCCI on Thursday wrote to Cricket Australia in search of rest in onerous quarantine protocol of Brisbane for the fourth Test to go forward, reminding the host board that the guests are completed with the strict isolation that was agreed upon firstly of the tour.
It is learnt {that a} prime BCCI government 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 onerous quarantines in separate cities.
The Brisbane Test is because of begin on January 15 and the quarantine guidelines will prohibit the gamers to simply their lodge 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 worried, they’ve said that gamers can mingle exterior their room however solely those that are residing on the identical ground. Player from two totally different flooring can not are available 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 onerous quarantine in Sydney after reaching from UAE, there was once police personnel in every ground making certain that there isn’t 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 beneath lodge 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 exterior metropolis seemed “normal”.
In case Queensland authorities don’t budge, then the fourth Test might properly be performed in Sydney from the identical dates however that continues to be a distant chance as hectic parleys proceed.