Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday stated that BCCI is barely “protecting its players” by searching for a quarantine leisure forward of the fourth Test, similar to Queensland well being authorities are entitled to defend their individuals within the wake of recent COVID-19 circumstances in Brisbane.
The BCCI has already written to Cricket Australia for leisure of exhausting quarantine in Brisbane and the house board has given verbal assurances. However, a brand new three-day lockdown in Brisbane has solid a shadow over the sport scheduled from January 15.
“The Queensland government is fully entitled to protect its people. Similarly I believe the BCCI is fully entitled to protect its team. I think that’s something we should never forget,” Gavaskar stated throughout commentary on Channel 7.
“In Sydney, there are people coming to the ground and then going back and having dinner at a restaurant or having a gathering of 20, 30 people in a pub.”
Gavaskar stated that Indian staff just isn’t unjustified in demanding that if the gamers are collectively on the floor for 10 hours, they need to be not less than allowed to mingle within the resort.
“What they’re saying is they should also be allowed to do something similar. You could have a situation where the ball goes into the crowd, somebody from the crowd touches the ball. One can understand that. One can understand why they’re feeling that way,” added Gavaskar.