The Indian team have tested negative for the novel coronavirus in the first round of testing after their arrival in Australia and subsequently have been allowed to start their outdoor training. Players such as Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur and Cheteshwar Pujara were seen preparing for the much-anticipated series against Australia in pictures posted by the BCCI on Twitter. Pacers who have been assigned the task of winning the team T20 series such as Deepak Chahar and T Natarajan were also seen honing their fitness skills in pictures.
The Indian teams under the leadership of Virat Kohli are under a 14-day quarantine period after their arrival in the country, as per health advisories of the Australian government.
Meanwhile, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has hinted that the wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiamn Saha will be fit before the Test series scheduled to start on December 17 in Adelaide while the opening batsman Rohit Sharma has some time to completely recover before he can make a comeback. Ganguly said that Sharma is only 70 per cent fit as of now and his addition to the Test squad while complete omission from the limited-overs series established the status of his injury.
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