Although Cricket Australia interim CEO Nick Hockley has refuted the claims that the touring Indian team has not protested against travelling to Brisbane in light of stricter isolation, the controversy around the issue of the fourth Test is not ending any sooner. According to a new report by the news agency ANI, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly upset with the comments made yesterday by Queensland health shadow minister Ros Bates’ and is considering options as significant as trimming the ongoing Test series to a three-match Test series ending in Sydney.
ANI has quoted a BCCI official as saying that the board is miffed with the comments made by Bates and it believes the remarks were really uncalled for and that it shows the touring Indian side which has been fully compliant of all the Covid-19 related guidelines in a poor light.
"The statement made by the public representative portrays Indians in poor light and let me assure you, we do not want to do anything other than to abide by the rules, and Rohit Sharma's strict quarantine is a case in point. To try and propagate a view that we don't wish to follow the rules is unacceptable and the tone and tenor, in which it was said seemed rife with hostility and bordered on racism. It is, therefore, not a surprise that a rethink is on the cards,” ANI quoted an unnamed official as saying.
However, the BCCI is recognising the love and support the team has received down under during the ongoing series, and hence it does not want to betray those fans by taking a radical decision or making the decision a tough one to handle for its counterpart—Cricket Australia.
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