Queensland has sent a stern message that the Indian players will not be able to escape the hotel quarantine but won’t be locked in the rooms either.
“We’ve worked with them so that they can have bubbles within that hotel,” Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said on Sunday.
“They’re going to be going and playing with colleagues in the match, so they’re going to have exposure there, so it doesn’t concern me if they have exposure to one another in the hotel
“But they can’t leave the hotel and they can’t go out in the general community.”
The Indian team members were reluctant to travel to Brisbane for the fourth Test if more restrictions are imposed on them. "If you look at it, we were quarantining for 14 days in Dubai before landing in Sydney and doing so for another 14 days. That means we were in a hard bubble for nearly a month before coming out. What we don't want now is to quarantine again at the end of the tour," a source in the Indian team told Cricbuzz.
The members of the Queensland government made it clear that the team had to obey the instructions. “If the Indians don’t want to play by the rules, don’t come,” The state’s Health Shadow Minister Ros Bates said.
Queensland’s Shadow Sports Minister Tim Mander made a big statement that if the Indian team doesn’t want to go through the drill then it might not play in Brisbane. “If the Indian cricket team wants to spit the dummy and disregard quarantine guidelines in Brisbane for the fourth Test, then they shouldn’t come. The same rules must apply for everyone. Simple,” Mander said.
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