Image Source : GETTY The Indian workforce and workers arrive for the India nets session on the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 05
The Indian cricket workforce, which landed in Brisbane for the fourth and ultimate Test towards Australia, was in for a shock on Tuesday because it was lodged at a lodge which “lacked basic facilities”, prompting an intervention from the BCCI high brass.
It is learnt that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah and CEO Hemang Amin have all obtained in contact with their Cricket Australia counterparts after complaints reached them and have been assured that the the Indian contingent shall be made to really feel snug from right here on. The collection is tied 1-1 presently.
“There was no room service or house keeping facilities. The gym is very basic and not of international standards and the swimming pool can’t be accessed. This wasn’t what they were promised when they checked in,” a senior BCCI supply advised PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
India shall be enjoying the fourth Test within the Queensland capital from January 15 the place the surge of COVID-19 instances and a border lockdown with New South Wales has led to a strict lodge quarantine for the Ajinkya Rahane-led workforce.
Asked if the gamers had been being allowed to mingle, the Board supply mentioned: “Yes, they have been provided with a team room and are allowed to meet each other inside the hotel.”
When requested whether or not the workforce had protested with the lodge authorities, the supply mentioned: “When the supervisor enquired about how this stuff aren’t being taken care of, all they mentioned was, ‘the rule applies to each Indian and
Australian groups. There is nobody workforce that has been subjected to onerous quarantine guidelines.’
However, the Indian contingent is assured that each Ganguly and Shah will be capable of amicably resolve the matter because the injury-ravaged workforce prepares for the series-decider.
Australia had gained the opener in Adelaide inside three days, earlier than India got here again to clinch the second Test in Melbourne. The two sides shared the honours in an engrossing third Test through which India produced a gutsy efficiency in pursuit of a mammoth 407.
