Cricket Australia rejects stories of India in search of change of venue for Brisbane Test

Cricket Australia chief government Nick Hockley on Monday dismissed stories that the Indian group is reluctant to play the fourth Test in Brisbane due to stricter quarantine guidelines there.
Hockley stated the Indian cricket board was “fully across (and) supportive” of quarantine necessities in Queensland.
“We speak to our counterparts at the BCCI daily,” he instructed reporters right here.
“We’ve had nothing formal from the BCCI to suggest anything other than they’re supportive. Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we’ve set out,” he asserted.
The third Test within the four-match collection is scheduled to be performed on the Sydney Cricket Ground from Thursday. The collection is locked at 1-1 proper now.
The fourth recreation is due from January 15 on the Gabba.
The Australian media has claimed that the Brisbane Test is in jeopardy due to the vacationers” reluctance to journey there in view of more durable quarantine guidelines, having already served one upon coming into Australia in November.
The stories, citing unnamed sources, claimed that the Indian group needed the fourth Test to be additionally held in Sydney.
Queensland has closed its borders for individuals travelling from New South Wales, of which Sydney is the capital, because of the rising instances of COVID-19 within the metropolis and surrounding areas.
Both the Indian and Australian groups travelled to Sydney on Monday in spite of everything their gamers and help employees returned adverse in newest spherical of COVID-19 assessments.
Hockley’s assertion got here two days after 5 Indian gamers — vice-captain Rohit Sharma, opener Shubman Gill, stumper Rishabh Pant, pacer Navdeep Saini and batsman Prithvi Shaw — have been positioned in isolation for an alleged breach of bio-security protocols.
Cricket Australia, in a media launch, 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.
Earlier within the day, Australia’s main spinner Nathan Lyon had referred to as on gamers from each groups to “get out there and play the game” as a substitute of worrying over issues which might be past their management.
“I am not really worried about what’s being reported, it is for us to worry about what we can control and the information that we are receiving from the people at Cricket Australia and the medical people,” Lyon had stated.
“It is nearly us ensuring that we’re very effectively ready for the Sydney Test, everybody retains speaking concerning the Gabba Test.
“But there is a massive Test match in just couple of days at the SCG and that is where our focus is 100 per cent at the moment,” the veteran off-spinner added.