The chief executive of Cricket Australia (CA), Nick Hockley, has announced that Team India cricketers and staff will most likely be asked to undergo two weeks of quarantine before the four-match Test series.
As per the recent reports of ESPNCricinfo, this scenario will also bring the Adelaide Oval and its newly constructed hotel firmly into view as the sort of biosecure bubble.
"The two-week quarantine is pretty well-defined. What we are working on is making sure that even within that quarantine environment, the players have got the absolute best training facilities, so that their preparation for the matches is as optimal as it can possibly be," ESPNCricinfo quoted Hockey as saying.
"Certainly the fact that the Adelaide Oval has a hotel. It does provide a facility not dissimilar to Old Trafford or Ageas Bowl where the hotels are integrated into the venue," he added.
India and Australia are set to take on each other in a four-match Test series, scheduled to start from December 4 at Brisbane.
Hockley further claimed that an exacting standard of biosecurity and testing will also be practised before the series kicks off as the coronavirus cases are on the rise in the subcontinent.
"It's widely known and it's unlikely that international travel restrictions would have lifted by the time that India will be due to come into the country. Clearly there will be testing regimes. We will be able to test people before that they get on to the plane and it is the nature of the situation of making sure we have the quarantine arrangements in line with government and health authority protocols," Hockley said.
"The key thing for the players is that there's regular testing and that we appropriately quarantine them when they come in and all of those plans are currently in development," he added.
On Monday, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 scheduled to take place in Australia this year got officially postponed after the ICC board met virtually.
