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Shikhar Dhawan-led India squad to quarantine in Mumbai before flying to Sri Lanka: Report

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Much like the England-bound players, all the Indian players selected for the tour of Sri Lanka will fly on a chartered flight or business class in commercial airways to reach and get under a 14-day quarantine in Mumbai before flying to the island nation for an ODI and T20I series, PTI reported. The players will also undergo RT-PCR tests on alternate days while being under quarantine.

The players will be under isolation for a week period before they will be allowed to meet in common areas of the team hotel, the report added.

“All the rules will be same like we followed in England. The outstation players will come by charter flight and some fly business class of commercial airline. They will do seven days of room quarantine and then can meet in common areas inside the bio-bubble. The players will do gym sessions in staggered manner,” PTI quoted an anonymous BCCI source as saying.

Indian players and support staff are slated to be under quarantine for just three days upon arrival in Sri Lanka and then they will undergo intra-squad training where they will practice as per match situations. 

“It will be just like what’s happening in England. Match situations will be created and that’s how the intra-squad training will be held. You can’t have your main players get out off the first ball and not bat again or bat for the whole innings. Everyone needs training so it won’t be practice games as such,” the source added.

India’s tour of Sri Lanka is scheduled to commence on July 13 with the three-match ODI series which will be followed by an equally longer T20I series from July 21.

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