Amid reports of the Indian team’s reluctance to travel to Brisbane to play the fourth Round of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, members of the Queensland government have given a strong response, saying the team is more than welcome not to enter the state. if they are not willing to coordinate with the protocols that have been established.
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On Sunday, reports emerged that the team was not interested in traveling to Brisbane, where the fourth test is supposed to take place, if its players are forced to self-quarantine. India has already served its 14-day mandatory quarantine period and sources within the team believe that they do not want any further restrictions placed on mentally exhausted players, so India might prefer that the fourth test also be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. .
But members of the Queensland government made it clear that breaking the rules is not an option. “If the Indians don’t want to follow the rules, don’t come,” said the state’s Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates.
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Tim Mander, Queensland’s shadow sports minister, echoed the sentiments of Bates, who said there is no place to ignore protocols and that all individuals will have to go through the same exercise. “If the Indian cricket team wants to spit the dummy and ignore the quarantine guidelines in Brisbane for the fourth test, then they shouldn’t come. The same rules should apply to everyone. Simple, ”Mander said.
Australian players are understood to have been informed of a quarantine period upon arrival in Brisbane, but this has yet to be announced to the Indian contingent. Wicketkeeper batsman Matthew Wade dismissed reports that the development is new to him and Australia would prefer to play at the Gabba, a venue they have not lost since 1988.
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