Reports say India does not want to travel to Brisbane for fear of being placed in another hard quarantine
Matthew Wade has confirmed that Australia plan to run their fourth Test in Brisbane as scheduled. His comments on Sunday follow media reports that the Indian squad does not want to travel to Brisbane because of potentially stricter health protocols.
Although he said he had not heard of the Indians’ position from any official quarters, Wade told a news conference, “We’d rather not (tweak the schedule).” The record was put in place and we preferred to stick to that There was profitability about living in Melbourne. CA. [Cricket Australia] have been adamant that we stick to the schedule we put in at the beginning of the summer, so I would expect us to go to the Gabba regardless of whether that is more of an established hotel on quarantine. We are really looking forward to going to Brisbane to play the Gabba Test.
“Yes. Going in this summer, I copied some criticism for taking some time in the first half of the Shield season to spend time with my family because it’s the fact that we didn’t know what was going to happen going on It’s not great, we all like to run around outside because everyone likes it Australia to do that right now.We understand that we have to make sacrifices to make this journey.But I knew that came in. We all knew we could get curved balls and this is just one of them. “
If the series went to Queensland as planned, it would seem that both teams would be placed in a position where they would only leave their hotel for training or the game itself due to the state border was closed to Greater Sydney and exemptions were needed for them to enter. “If they come to Queensland after being in designated places, they need quarantine,” Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young said Sunday. “These are people who come from Sydney and we are seeing, as far back as yesterday, an unrelated issue in Sydney. It is clear that referrals are happening in the community down there. . So we need to make these arrangements firmly in place. “
“For us as a group we are going to Sydney, we will play the SCG, then we will go to Brisbane and we will play the Gabba until the powers that be are on the doorstep and tell us that that is going to change. “
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Media sections reported that sources within an Indian group were proposing to stay ahead in Sydney, the place for the third Test, for the final game as well. Five Indian players – Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini – are already alone in Melbourne as a warning, awaiting scrutiny of a social media video that clearly showed they were eating in Melbourne restaurant inside.
“Probably if [Cricket Australia] have gone elsewhere [for the third Test] they wouldn’t have to get quarantine when they came to Queensland, “Young said.” That is a decision they made. They have their reasons and I am very happy to work with them. “
The Indian players were in a biosecurity bubble in the UAE during the IPL, and suffered severe quarantine when they arrived in Australia, which made way for other bubbles but with worse restrictions. The Australians who were in the IPL and are also part of the Test squad have violated the same conditions, although some have found a brief respite.
“I’m sure it is [a concern] for some players, it’s no difference for people to come home internationally and do hard quarantine, “Wade said.” This is not an exceptional situation. There is not much we can do about it, if that is what the government is going to force us to do to play a game at the Gabba we are willing to sacrifice. Many players knew it wasn’t going to be a separate situation and if something went south we had to make more sacrifices along the way. As a group, we understand that, we just want to start, get to Sydney and then move to Brisbane whatever that sounds like.
“From my position and our position there is no uncertainty. There is a lot of talk out there, we understand that, but for us as a group we are going to Sydney, we will play the SCG, then we go to Brisbane and play Gabba until the powers that be are on the doorstep and tell us that that is about to change. It is out of our control. “
For Australia, the Gabba is one of their favorite pitches, where they have not lost a Test since November 1988, when West Indies defeated Viv Richards with nine wikis. Since then, there have been seven draws and 24 wins for the home team. The last Test India was played in Brisbane, in December 2014, on the home team track as well, with four wikis.
“There is no secret that we would like to start the summer there for that very reason,” said Wade. “Our record is very good there and we tend to play good cricket. India has a great bowling team and a great team, so we will definitely not accept it when we get there but we would love to play at the Gabba.
“If it was going two back-to-back games at the SCG it wouldn’t be something we wanted to do, we would be much more comfortable playing the record as it goes out. There is no secret that we love the Gabba and want to get there. “
The Indians are currently in Melbourne, where they won the second Test to level 1-1, and are expected to travel to Sydney on January 4 ahead of the third Test, starting January 7. They will then travel to Brisbane on its scheduled flight ahead of the final Test, slated to start on January 15th.