Xtra Time Web Desk: Australia’s ace spinner Nathan Lyon on Monday called on the Indian team to stop complaining about the strict bio bubble restrictions in place for the fourth and final test match at Gabba. There have been reports over the past couple of days that the Indian team was not willing to travel to Brisbane for the fourth Test due to the stringent bio bubble restrictions.
“I know there are a few people from both squads who have been in a bubble for close to six months now but in my eyes it is a very small sacrifice for us to go out there and play the game we love and put a lot of smiles on a lot of people’s faces around the world,” said Lyon during a virtual conference on Monday.
“In my eyes, we just have to suck it up, get out there and get on with it and play for our respective countries and make sure we are playing a really competitive brand of cricket.”
Lyon, who is on the verge of playing his 100th test match at Brisbane is not too concerned about the recent incident pertaining to the alleged breach of quarantine protocols by five Indian cricketers including Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini and Prithvi Shaw. All the five cricketers were allowed to travel with the team to Sydney and have also tested negative.
“It (the restrictions) has all been okay in my eyes. As I said before, we just need to suck it up and get on with it. People make mistakes we get that but it is just making sure that we go out there and try and make sure that we prepare the best way we can for the Test match and not looking to anything else that media is blowing up at all or anything like that,” said Lyon who is six short of 400 Test wickets.
“I am not really worried about what is being reported. For us, it is about worrying about what we can control and the information that we are receiving from the people in Cricket Australia and our medical people is just about us making sure that we are very well prepared for the Sydney test. Everyone keeps talking about the Gabba Test match but there’s a massive Test match in just a couple of days at the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) and that’s where all our focus is 100 per cent at. So we just have to get on with it. That is my honest opinion,” said Lyon.