Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Saturday that five Indian players, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, and Navdeep Saini have been put in isolation as a precautionary measure after they all were seen eating at an indoor venue in Melbourne on New Year`s Day.
The CA in a release said: "The BCCI and CA are investigating the matter and seeking to determine whether the outing constitutes a breach of biosecurity protocols.
"In the interim, on the advice of the Australian and Indian medical teams, the aforementioned players have been placed in isolation as a precaution. This will include separating the group of players from the broader Indian and Australian squads when traveling and at the training venue.
"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket Australia (CA) were alerted to a video post on social media that purported to show Rohit, Pant, Gill, Shaw, and Saini eating at an indoor venue in Melbourne on New Year`s Day.
An Indian fan from Melbourne, Navaldeep Singh, posted on his Twitter account where he spotted the five players in front of his table in the same rwestaurant. Later, Singh even paid the bill for the five players as the players came into contact with an outsider.
"Similar measures were taken during the BBL this season after it was determined two Brisbane Heat players failed to comply with tournament biosecurity protocols," Cricket Australia further said.
Earlier it was reported that the players didn't come in any physical contact with any outsuder and the fan himself said that there was no contact with him when there were reports of him hugging Rishabh Pant.
"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. As for the whole question of a fan being hugged by Pant, the fan has himself confessed that he had said that out of excitement," the source pointed.
But on Saturday, he put out a clarification saying: "Pant never hugged me it was all said in excitement we maintained social distance all thru J Apologies for miscommunication @BCCI @CricketAus @dailytelegraph (sic)."
