XtraTime Web Desk: Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore players and support staffs are set to fly out to United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the last week of August. The RCB players and support staffs have been asked to report to Bengaluru this week for quarantining themselves. The players and support staffs will then board the flight to UAE.
According to RCB chairman Sanjeev Churiwala, “All the Indian players and support staff will first assemble in Bengaluru. They will be quarantined in a hotel in Bengaluru for a few days before flying out to the UAE in the last week of August. The players are keen to start practising, so our flight schedule has been worked to ensure adequate time is available to conduct nets in UAE.”
He further added, “All the players have been trained on the SOP, on the procedures to be followed in the bio-bubble. RCB will 100 per cent abide by the guidelines of the BCCI.”
As per the IPL Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), the players will have to undergo at least five rounds of COVID-19 testing before entering the bio-secure bubble in the UAE. They will then have to enter a mandatory week-long quarantine period before being allowed to practice.