Xtra Time Web Desk: Gabba will continue to host the fourth and final test match of the series between India and Australia starting January 15. There were reports in Australian media on Sunday that the fourth Test in Brisbane has been jeopardised as the tourists are reluctant to travel there in view of stricter quarantine rules.
But the BCCI has not communicated anything with Cricket Australia as far as change in venue is concerned.
The border restrictions between New South Wales (venue of third Test in Sydney) and Queensland state government is a problem.
Queensland has closed its borders for people travelling from New South Wales due to the rising cases of COVD-19 in Sydney and surrounding areas.
However there will be an exception made for the Test match and players will be in a stricter bio-bubble, similar to the one in the IPL.
It could well happen that in order to play the Test match in Brisbane, the Indian team would have to be in a stricter bio-bubble from Sydney itself which would make for a hard quarantine (hotel-stadium-hotel) of around 15 days.
However, as of now BCCI has not taken any call on asking CA to shift the Test match from Brisbane to Sydney.
‘It’s a fluid situation. Let’s wait for a few more days,’ a BCCI official said.
Courtesy: PTI