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The contemporary outbreak of COVID-19 instances in Sydney has raised questions not simply over the destiny of the third Test between India and Australia on the Sydney Cricket Ground, but additionally on the protection of India opener Rohit Sharma who’s present process quarantine there after arriving in Australia forward of the primary Test. Speaking to ANI, a BCCI official confirmed that whereas Rohit shall proceed to endure quarantine in Sydney, the Indian board and the workforce administration is continually in contact with the limited-overs deputy.
“He doesn’t need to move from Sydney. He is safe and is in a bio-secure environment undergoing quarantine. While he is alone in his room, the Indian board as well as the team management is constantly in touch with him. If there was any emergency or if we felt that he needed to get out of Sydney, we would. But for now, he is completely safe there,” the official pointed.
Asked concerning the endurance programme that Rohit was handed by the physio when he left for Australia after finishing his rehabilitation on the National Cricket Academy, the official mentioned: “He is being monitored by the physios and he is doing his regular endurance work in his room. It is all about keeping fit and ready for action when it comes to hitting the ground running.”
Cricket Australia on Sunday confirmed that the Sydney Test match between India and Australia stays on monitor for now regardless of a contemporary COVID-19 cluster in Sydney.
The third Test between India and Australia is slated to be performed in Sydney from January 7 whereas the final Test of the sequence will go forward at Brisbane from January 15.
There had been studies that Cricket Australia was mulling over switching the third and fourth Test venues. But CA’s interim CEO has mentioned nothing of that kind is going on as of now.
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“The third Test is more than two-and-a-half weeks away, which provides us with time to assess the evolving public health situation on the northern beaches of Sydney. We have made no changes to our schedule and our preference remains to play the match at the Sydney Cricket Ground,” Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s Interim CEO mentioned in an official assertion.
“Cricket Australia has developed a solid track record of delivery throughout this most challenging of summers and will continue to make appropriate and proportionate decisions in consultation with our biosecurity team, governments, State & Territory Associations, the Australian Cricketers” Association, our partners and venues,” he added.
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