Reports say India does not want to travel to Brisbane for fear of being put into another harsh quarantine
Matthew Wade has stated that Australia is planning for the fourth test to take place in Brisbane as planned. His comments on Sunday followed media reports that the Indian team does not want to travel to Brisbane due to potentially stricter health protocols.
Although he said he had not heard of the Indians’ position in any official sector, Wade said in a press meeting: “We would prefer not to (modify the calendar). The calendar has been implemented and we would prefer to stick to that. There was speculation about that. the possibility of staying in Melbourne. CA [Cricket Australia] We have been adamant that we will stick with the program that we implemented in the early summer, so I would expect us to go to Gabba regardless of whether that is more of a quarantined hotel, coming home. We hope to go to Brisbane to play Gabba’s test.
“It is what it is. Starting this summer, I got some criticism for taking time in the first half of the Shield season to spend time with my family because the reality was that we didn’t know what was going to happen in the future. No is ideal, we would all love to be running outside as everyone in Australia would love to do it right now. We understand that we will have to make some sacrifices to do this tour. But I knew it would come We all knew we would get some curve balls and this one it’s just one of them. “
If the series were heading to Queensland as planned, both teams will likely be in a position where they only leave their hotel for training or for the game itself due to the state border being closed to Greater Sydney and exemptions are needed to enter. . “If they come to Queensland after having been in declared hotspots, they will have to quarantine themselves,” Queensland Health Director Jeannette Young said on Sunday. “These are people who are coming from Sydney and we are seeing, as late as yesterday, an unrelated case in Sydney. There is clearly transmission in the community there. So we need to have those arrangements firmly in place.”
“For us as a group, we are going to Sydney, we will play SCG, then we will go to Brisbane and we will play Gabba until the powers that be at the door tell us that is going to change.”
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Sections of the media had reported that sources within the Indian organization discussed the suggestion to stay in Sydney, the site of the third test, also for the final game. Five Indian players, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini, are already in isolation in Melbourne as a precautionary measure, pending an investigation into a social media video that allegedly showed them eating at a Melbourne restaurant inside.
“Maybe yes [Cricket Australia] I had gone to another place [for the third Test] they would not have had to quarantine themselves when they arrived in Queensland, “Young said.” That is a decision they have made. They have their reasons and I am very, very happy to work with them. “
Indian players were in a biosecurity bubble in the UAE during the IPL, and they endured a harsh quarantine when they arrived in Australia, leading to another bubble but with loser restrictions. Australians who were in the IPL and who are also part of the test team have faced the same conditions, although some have been given short breaks.
“I’m sure there are [a concern] for some players, it makes no difference that people come home internationally and have to do a hard quarantine, “Wade said.” It is not an ideal situation. There is not much we can do about it, if that is what the government is going to make us do to play a game in Gabba, then we are willing to sacrifice. Many players knew that it was not going to be an ideal situation and that if something went wrong we would have to make more sacrifices along the way. As a group we understand that we are eager to get started, get to Sydney and then shoot to Brisbane however it looks like.
“From my position and our position there is no uncertainty. There is a lot of talk out there, we understand it, but for us as a group we go to Sydney, we will play the SCG, then we will go to Brisbane and play the Gabba until the powers that be knocking on the door and tell us that this is going to change. It is out of our control. “
For Australia, the Gabba is one of their favorite playgrounds, where they haven’t lost a test since November 1988, when Viv Richards’ West Indies beat them by nine wickets. Since then, there have been seven draws and 24 wins for the hosts. The last Test India played in Brisbane, in December 2014, followed the path of the local team as well, over four wickets.
“There is no secret that we like to start the summer there for that very reason,” Wade said. “Our record is very good there and we tend to play cricket well. India has a great bowling formation and a great team, so we won’t take that for granted when we get there, but we would love to play at the Gabba.
“If it were two games in a row at SCG, it wouldn’t be something we wanted to do, we’d be much more comfortable playing the schedule as it unfolds. There is no secret that we love Gabba and want to get there.”
The Indians are currently in Melbourne, where they won the second test to level the series 1-1, and are expected to travel to Sydney on January 4 before the third test, starting on January 7. They will then travel to Brisbane on a chartered flight before the final test, scheduled to begin on January 15.
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