3rd Test at the SCG, Sydney, 7 Jan - 11 Jan 2021

[TimAngas]

Also, all of this needs to be read into, with the context that CA fought tooth and nail to get these guys an exemption to travel from NSW to Queensland without quarantining.

 

[honestbharani]

The dining indoors vs outdoors could be termed as the kind of transgressions that the Windies and Pak players got away with in NZ. Not sure about this hugging thing though...

Then again, Aus cant beat us if we play 11 anyways, irrespective of which 11 we play.

 

[aussie tragic]

Fox just said the 5 are isolated from the rest of the squad and can't train with them. Saini is going to be busy bowling to the other 4

 

[Burgey]

Also, all of this needs to be read into, with the context that CA fought tooth and nail to get these guys an exemption to travel from NSW to Queensland without quarantining.

Lol as though the rules will apply to them. You crazy kids

what woeful guests in another country to behave like this in the midst of a pandemic when they’ve had everything done for them to make the tour possible. No regard for anyone but themselves and Rohit Sharma’s rumen. Would like to say I’m surprised but this is precisely what you expect from the new monied trash of world sport. And that they got some chump to pay the bill for them. The worst of humanity

 

[Shri]

i find it funny that the article mentions them all being indoors at a restaurant without masks on

how are they supposed to eat ffs

also btw, restaurants and indoor dining is back in full flow here. went to madurai and had to dine at packed restaurants

 

[Gnske]

I always had a thing for hotel food, it's an acquired taste.

 

[Spikey]

i find it funny that the article mentions them all being indoors at a restaurant without masks on

how are they supposed to eat ffs

well yeah that's why they're not allowed to eat indoors

 

[honestbharani]

Were these restrictions due to changes brought in by the new cases in Melbourne? As in, it was not the case on Christmas day, lets say?

 

[Spark]

i don't think they've breached the legal rules statewide but the regulations surrounding the biosecure bubble that were part of the conditions for the tour

 

[Senile Sentry]

Five Indian players caught breaching the bubble by having an indoor restaurant meal together and getting caught on camera.

Rohit, Pant, Shaw, Gill (I think) and Saini (I think) were the five. You would think that this rules them out of the Test match, I just can't see how they don't get suspended from here, especially with the Test itself so precarious.

I think the entire team should dine out and then catch next plane home.

 

[Spikey]

Ind vs Aus: 5 Indian players put in isolation as precautionary measure post outing

Sydney [Australia], January 2 (ANI): Cricket Australia on Saturday said that Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, and Navdeep Saini have been put in isolation as a precautionary measure after these five players were seen eating at an indoor venue in Melbourne on New Year's Day.

aninews.in

"The boys had just gone out to a restaurant to get some food. They followed all the necessary protocols and their temperature was checked and proper sanitization was done before they sat on the table. There is no need to make an issue out of this."

Insanely good areas by this source. Saying they did nothing wrong, and then admitting wrongdoing was done.

 

[Spikey]

Were these restrictions due to changes brought in by the new cases in Melbourne? As in, it was not the case on Christmas day, lets say?

the players in hubs follow stricter rules than society at large so that if outbreaks occur and state borders get shut down, CA can say "well look our hub is secure, let us in anyway".

 

[Spark]

right, that's why they got an exemption from QLD health to the border closures, which in turn is why this test match is happening in sydney at all.

 

[TimAngas]

the players in hubs follow stricter rules than society at large so that if outbreaks occur and state borders get shut down, CA can say "well look our hub is secure, let us in anyway".

And for those not in the loop outbreaks are occurring and state borders are getting shut down.

 

[the big bambino]

Were these restrictions due to changes brought in by the new cases in Melbourne? As in, it was not the case on Christmas day, lets say?

Aren't the restrictions specifically for the team in a bubble? To allow them to cross borders that might be closed to others? Either way it was it was pretty lax by the team management that this happened. I'm not sure of the situation in Victoria except they seem to be closing their border to NSW in response to the outbreak there. After being locked down for months I don't think Victoria itself has any new outbreaks (or clusters like NSW at least) and the consequential restrictions.

 

[Spikey]

And the reason indoor dining is banned is because we know at this point indoor dining is literally one of the biggest risks

edit: I should add, on a more practical level, the worry around indoor dining is as much around the possibility of a case being recorded at the location, and players having to go into quarantine

 

[Senile Sentry]

Lol poor CA bean counters will shitting bricks. India can pack up and go home anytime and only gives them all extra time to recuperate before Eng series.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I want to hear cricnerds thoughts on the fact that Rohit sharma (who was so deservedly awarded the vice captaincy) was the seniormost member here.

 

[Burgey]

Lol poor CA bean counters will ****ting bricks. India can pack up and go home anytime and only gives them all extra time to recuperate before Eng series.

Forfeiting a series will DQ then from any potential test championship. Would be no loss to have them out of the joint tbh

 

[harsh.ag]

Lol poor CA bean counters will ****ting bricks. India can pack up and go home anytime and only gives them all extra time to recuperate before Eng series.

SS is right. The 5 in the restaurant + the 5 they met should all be quarantined. India can't field a playing eleven. The series should end 1-1 here, with India retaining the Border-Gavaskar trophy.