The Indian girls’s cricket staff left for a full tour of Australia on Sunday, however the recent Covid-19 associated restrictions imply gamers will now have to finish a troublesome 14-day quarantine upon arrival in Brisbane.
The BCCI was earlier hoping that the gamers would get coaching after per week of strict quarantine, however now the gamers are prone to be confined to their resort rooms for 14 days.
“The chances of training being allowed after the first week in the current scenario are very slim. There may be further changes in the itinerary. Tough quarantine for the players will be extremely difficult, but it is what it is,” stated a BCCI official.
“It will be very tough but at least we get a chance to play after that,” stated one participant, making an attempt to take a look at issues from a optimistic facet.
The staff, which has been coaching right here for the previous one week, was to fly to Sydney and the opposite sporting venues had been Perth and Melbourne however the venues have additionally been modified because of rising circumstances.
Changes to the itinerary will likely be introduced quickly by Cricket Australia and are topic to approval from the Queensland authorities as all video games will likely be performed within the state.
The sequence of three ODIs, one day-night Test and three T20Is is predicted to begin two days later as a substitute of 19 September. The new areas are Mackay and Carrara.
The 22-member staff will attain Brisbane by way of Dubai on Monday.
The staff is about to play its first ever pink ball sport and it’s being seen as the largest problem of the tour.
Even throughout coaching right here, preparations had been targeted on white-ball cricket and it stays to be seen whether or not the staff will get a follow match earlier than the primary match of the sequence.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
