Xtra Time Web Desk: As anticipated the Indian team was forced to undergo hard quarantine rules on checking in at the hotel in Brisbane. Ajinkya Rahane and his team reached Brisbane from Sydney on Tuesday evening along with the Australian contingent in a chartered flight. The Indian team management was miffed to see the hotel ‘lacking basic facilities’. The manager of the Indian team contacted the BCCI top brass and briefed the entire situation.
It is learnt that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah and CEO Hemang Amin have all got in touch with their Cricket Australia counterparts after complaints reached them and have been assured that the Indian contingent will be made to feel comfortable from here on.
“There was no room service or house keeping facilities. The gym is very basic and not of international standards and the swimming pool can”t be accessed. This wasn”t what they were promised when they checked in,” a senior BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
On being asked if the players were being allowed to mingle, the Board source said: “Yes, they have been provided with a team room and are allowed to meet each other inside the hotel.”
When asked whether the team had protested with the hotel authorities, the source said: “When the manager enquired about how these things are not being taken care of, all they said was, ”the rule applies to both Indian and Australian teams. There is no one team that has been subjected to hard quarantine rules.”
The four match test series is level at 1-1 with Australia winning the first test at Adelaide and India bouncing back in Melbourne. Whichever team win the test match at Gabba will take away the Border Gavaskar Trophy.