The BCCI tweeted pictures of the Indian contingent before departure with the players donning custom PPE gear to travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“#TeamIndia is back! Let’s embrace the new normal,” read the caption to the photo on BCCI’s Twitter account.
#TeamIndia is back! Let’s embrace the new normal 💪 # AUSvIND https://t.co/csrQ3aVv21
– BCCI (@BCCI) 1605108592000
Most of the India team members were competing in the IPL and, following the conclusion of the campaign for their respective teams, they moved to the bio-bubble created for the national team here.
Testing specialists such as Cheteshwar Pujara and support staff arrived here last month to enter the national team’s bio-bubble.
Rohit Sharma, who led the Mumbai Indians to a record fifth IPL title Tuesday night, and Ishant Sharma, who is recovering from an internal oblique muscle tear injury at the NCA in Bengaluru, will join the team. later. Ishant will be added to the team after he shows his fitness.
The selectors added Rohit to the Test team after initially excluding him due to the hamstring injury he sustained last month. However, he made a surprise comeback for the last IPL league game and went on to play two more games, including the summit clash.
India’s number one test goalkeeper Wriddhiman Saha is also traveling with the team after sustaining injuries to both hamstrings during his Sunrisers Hyderabad team’s IPL match on November 3.
“A call will be taken later on its availability,” the BCCI had said when it announced the revised equipment on November 9.
The Indian team will land in Sydney where they will undergo a 14-day quarantine during which they have been allowed to train.
Indian will play three ODIs, three T20s and four Tests starting Nov. 27. The ODI and T20 series will be played in Sydney and Canberra from November 27 to December 8.
The long-awaited series of tests begins with the day-night test in Adelaide from December 17th. Skipper virat Kohli He has been granted paternity leave after the first test, as he and his wife Anushkar Sharma are expecting their first child.
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