Queensland government members tell Indian team don’t come to Brisbane if you can’t play by the rules

[Mamoon]

Read up a little.

I was talking the post above me that stated that India wants to chicken out of playing at Gabba. Why?

 

[wajid]

I love Indians playing victim card while simultaneously being the biggest bully in cricket as well. Now they feel like being treated like animals in a zoo. Very pathetic. The standards they are being asked to comply are being practiced by athletes of all sports all over the world.

Typical desi mentality to argue public health policy merits instead of following them. Let the experts handle the policy part and focus more on compliance part. It is not that hard to avoid malls and restaurants during a premier sport event while pandemic is spreading. You are not being caged!!

 

[The lone Ranger]

What is so special about Gabba and why will India chicken out?

They have a depleted squad now. Australia will be heavy favorites to beat them in Australia venue, be it Gabba, MCG, SCG, Hobart etc.

After seeing that Pakistan concede almost 600 runs on that Gabba wicket last year india is trying to avoid playing there.

 

[angrypathan]

What can you expect from a cowardly team?

 

[Mamoon]

After seeing that Pakistan concede almost 600 runs on that Gabba wicket last year india is trying to avoid playing there.

And what is the comparison between Pakistan and Indian bowling attack based on?

 

[Babbar]

That’s how you should treat OZ bullies who have been terrorising sub-continental teams for decades by hurling abuses, ball tempering, over-the-top sledging, playing mental games like WWF actors.

Desperate Pakistan wilted before NZ mind games and the result is for all to see.

India won’t. Australia can keep crying like half-witted cowards. Queen Victoria, New South Prince Wales- Kar le jo Kar na hai!

 

[BaankeJi]

It is pathetic to suggest that India are trying to opt out. It just shows the mentality of respective posters. I am sure same posters would think that India are not playing Pakistan for the fear of getting beaten. As ridiculous as it can get.

 

[dildilpak]

The Indians are probably being tested every single day, so why quarantine again?

 

[Mamoon]

It is pathetic to suggest that India are trying to opt out. It just shows the mentality of respective posters. I am sure same posters would think that India are not playing Pakistan for the fear of getting beaten. As ridiculous as it can get.

We are delusional people. Go easy on us please.

 

[Sachin136]

What is so special about Gabba and why will India chicken out?

They have a depleted squad now. Australia will be heavy favorites to beat them in Australia venue, be it Gabba, MCG, SCG, Hobart etc.

There's absolutely nothing special about it, no matter how much Australians call it their supposed fortress. India has drawn one match and lost one in Brisbane this century which is not that bad (for comparison, India has 3 losses and 3 draws at the SCG this century).

 

[Mamoon]

There's absolutely nothing special about it, no matter how much Australians call it their supposed fortress. India has drawn one match and lost one in Brisbane this century which is not that bad (for comparison, India has 3 losses and 3 draws at the SCG this century).

It is always funny when people talk about a particular stadium as a fortress. No particular stadium is a fortress because teams keep on changing. This current Australian team is not the reason why the Gabba became a fortress in the first place.

It is like saying Karachi is fortress for Pakistan because they have there only twice in history. However, if India were to play in Karachi today, they will trash Pakistan.

People will repeat what others say without thinking it through. This is how stupidity and ignorance transmits from one person to another.

 

[Giannis]

It is always funny when people talk about a particular stadium as a fortress. No particular stadium is a fortress because teams keep on changing. This current Australian team is not the reason why the Gabba became a fortress in the first place.

It is like saying Karachi is fortress for Pakistan because they have there only twice in history. However, if India were to play in Karachi today, they will trash Pakistan.

People will repeat what others say without thinking it through. This is how stupidity and ignorance transmits from one person to another.

The Gabba is Australia's fortress because only they understand the ground, the pitch, the conditions and the energy of the stadium.

 

[Mamoon]

The Gabba is Australia's fortress because only they understand the ground, the pitch, the conditions and the energy of the stadium.

That was the case in the 90s and 2000s but there is no evidence that this Australian team is invincible there.

A full-strength India has as much a chance of beating Australia at the Gabba than at any other Australian venue, and a weakened India is as likely to lose at Gabba than at any other venue.

This whole fortress stuff is hogwash.

No team had ever won Australia before, but India brushed all that psychological baloney aside in 2018 because they had a world class bowling attack and Australia had a fragile bowling attack.

 

[Buffet]

That was the case in the 90s and 2000s but there is no evidence that this Australian team is invincible there.

A full-strength India has as much a chance of beating Australia at the Gabba than at any other Australian venue, and a weakened India is as likely to lose at Gabba than at any other venue.

This whole fortress stuff is hogwash.

No team had ever won Australia before, but India brushed all that psychological baloney aside in 2018 because they had a world class bowling attack and Australia had a fragile bowling attack.

You probably meant batting here, because their bowling attack was top class, almost ATG level.

 

[Mamoon]

You probably meant batting here, because their bowling attack was top class, almost ATG level.

Yes, a typo. Thanks for correction.

Not many teams can win a series against Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon in Australia, so India’s win should not be downplayed.

 

[Rajdeep]

Play 3rd test is fortress Brisbane and last one in Sydney...issue solved. But no, we all need quarantine drama. It is clear that Australia is playing mind games with India after Melbourne defeat.

 

[Mesozoic]

People who believe India are scared of playing at the Gabba are the same ones who say India are scared of playing Pakistan.

Delusional and out of touch with reality.

 

[Junaids]

And what is the comparison between Pakistan and Indian bowling attack based on?

Short fast bowlers.

 

[Varun]

People who believe India are scared of playing at the Gabba are the same ones who say India are scared of playing Pakistan.

Delusional and out of touch with reality.

All Australian grounds are the same now, more so since the WACA has closed. Does Gabba have a drop-in concrete slab as well?

 

[Mamoon]

Short fast bowlers.

Yeah, that is the only similarly. Unfortunately, there is also a small difference. The Indian bowlers are lightyears ahead in terms of skill, ability, intelligence and fitness.

Those factors are more crucial than your height.

 

[Junaids]

And what is the comparison between Pakistan and Indian bowling attack based on?

Yeah, that is the only similarly. Unfortunately, there is also a small difference. The Indian bowlers are lightyears ahead in terms of skill, ability, intelligence and fitness.

Those factors are more crucial than your height.

Bumrah, sure, I agree.

But Shami and Ishant and Umesh are all in India.

 

[ahsan17]

The situations are not comparable. Indian players have breached some rules just like Archer did in the summer and English management did in South Africa. It shouldn’t happen but a slap on the wrist is enough.

On the other hand, Pakistan took COVID positive players to New Zealand because of their sheer negligence.

Two days before the squad traveled to New Zealand, Fakhar showed blatant COVID symptoms and tested false negative.

PCB decided to isolate him while the rest of the squad, of whom several members caught the virus from COVID, travelled to New Zealand where they were tested on arrival and thus tested positive.

PCB should have isolated the entire squad as a precautionary measure and tested them again before sending them to New Zealand. Instead, they blindly trusted Fakhar’s test result even though he showed blatant COVID symptoms.

The difference between what happened with India in Australia and what happened with Pakistan in New Zealand is very clear. In India’s case, it was a breach by individual players.

In Pakistan’s case, it was a breach by PCB. They were the ones to show negligence; not the players.

You will use whatever mental gymnastics and cognitive dissonance to make yourself, but NZ public health already addressed this and you are probably aware of it:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...st-prior-nz-director-of-public-health-1241573

Even then, quoting yourself from November:

There is nothing that Pakistani cricketers and fans say that surprises me anymore.

We are the most unprofessional cricket team in the world with the most delusional, entitled set of supporters.

What Intikhab Alam said about Pakistani players 10 years ago holds true to this date.

There is no doubt in my mind that the cricket world would be better off without us.

We bring nothing but trouble.

Here you are talking about Pakistani players and nothing about the positive tests, and how Pakistan should stop playing cricket because of the quarantine breach.

Now, you'll inevitably play more mental gymnastics to show how Pakistan was still much worse.

 

[Mesozoic]

All Australian grounds are the same now, more so since the WACA has closed. Does Gabba have a drop-in concrete slab as well?

Gabba has been pretty flat in the last few years. Doesn't have as much bounce as it used to say a decade ago. Still remember Murali Vijay smashing an easy hundred on a borderline patta against Johnson , Starc and Hazlewood on day 1 last time we played there.

 

[Babbar]

These days every other team is invincible, every bowler is Garner, every batsman is kohli-ka-baap and every ground is a green mamba fortress, till India plays there. In 90% of cases, these opinions will change orthogonally after the match.

 

[Giannis]

Short fast bowlers.

?

Pakistan's primary fast bowler is Shaheen who's like 6'6 and Mo Abbas who's listed as 6'1 on some Indian website, the only short ones are Naseem and Faheem otherwise all the Pakistani bowlers that are like the second string team are well over 6 foot

 

[cricketjoshila]

Some daft arguments here . Aussie authorities don’t give two monkeys about the BCCI bank balance , India will go to Brisbane do what they are told. Nobody will not forced to eat alone in their rooms lol

The comments from Aussies are humiliating for India but India is prob the most hated cricket team for a reason .

Aus will be beat India in Brisbane & Indians will self isolate on Twitter bashing their keyboards with abuse .

If only your delusions were closer to the truth.

 

[KoyoAli]

India fine with strict quarantine for Brisbane Test: Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley

Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley has rubbished speculation that India are reluctant to travel to Brisbane from New South Wales for the 3rd Test, over the need to re-enter strict quarantine conditions.

Australian media had reported that Indian players would refuse to travel to Brisbane if they were to be subjected to a hard lockdown in Queensland state. However, CA chief Hockley said the Indian cricket board (BCCI) was "fully across (and) supportive" of quarantine requirements in Queensland.

"We speak to our counterparts at the BCCI daily," he told reporters in Sydney on Monday.

"We've had nothing formal from the BCCI to suggest anything other than they're supportive ... Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we've set out."

Both India and Australia traveled to Sydney on Monday after reports all players and staff on both squads had returned negative tests for COVID-19.

Australia spin bowler Nathan Lyon called on players from both sides to "stop complaining" about touring in the COVID-19 "bubble".

“I’m not even thinking about Plan B or not playing at the Gabba ... 100 per cent planning on going to Brissie and sticking with Plan A. We’ve heard nothing (to the contrary),” said Australia spinner Lyon.

“There are a few people from both squads who have been in a bubble for close to six months now but in my eyes it’s a very small sacrifice.

“Let’s just suck it up and get on with it.

“And stop complaining.”

The four-match series currently stands level at 1-1 after India's stunning comeback in the Boxing Day Test which they won by 8 wickets after losing the series-opening Pink-ball Test in Adelaide by the same margin last month.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...ustralia-boss-nick-hockley-1755651-2021-01-04

 

[El Generico]

If only your delusions were closer to the truth.

It seems like his comment is pretty close to the truth, going by the media reports it seems like India is going to Brisbane like they were told to.

Not that there is anything wrong with that but the whole we will play where we want routine does not seem to be holding.

 

[cricketjoshila]

It seems like his comment is pretty close to the truth, going by the media reports it seems like India is going to Brisbane like they were told to.

Not that there is anything wrong with that but the whole we will play where we want routine does not seem to be holding.

No. AFAIK Bcci has told CA that the team will not do room quarantine. They will however agree to the same rules that they have in Sydney, which is that they are allowed to move inside their hotel but cannot go out.

 

[HitWicket]

No. AFAIK Bcci has told CA that the team will not do room quarantine. They will however agree to the same rules that they have in Sydney, which is that they are allowed to move inside their hotel but cannot go out.

So the rules that Queensland health officials had already mentioned would be in place before all the fuss yesterday...?

 

[KingKhanWC]

If only your delusions were closer to the truth.

India fine with strict quarantine for Brisbane Test, says Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley

https://www.skysports.com/cricket/n...test-says-cricket-australia-boss-nick-hockley

Cricket Australia rejects reports of India seeking to shift fourth Test out of Brisbane

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cric...urth-test-out-of-brisbane/article33493120.ece

India will play in Brisbane and do as they are told. Please get this India is a shhuppapowa out of your thinking and get with reality.

 

[MP2011]

Hilarious to see how people in their blind hate for Indian team have managed to link Australia's record at Gabba with a reasonable enough plea from Indian team for not agreeing to quarantine just because they'll be visiting a different Australian state!

 

[MP2011]

Poor from BCCI as well. In these Covid times, they should have never agreed to tour so many Australian states especially when it was Australia's turn to tour us and not vice versa.

 

[Rana]

India fine with strict quarantine for Brisbane Test: Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley

Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley has rubbished speculation that India are reluctant to travel to Brisbane from New South Wales for the 3rd Test, over the need to re-enter strict quarantine conditions.

Australian media had reported that Indian players would refuse to travel to Brisbane if they were to be subjected to a hard lockdown in Queensland state. However, CA chief Hockley said the Indian cricket board (BCCI) was "fully across (and) supportive" of quarantine requirements in Queensland.

"We speak to our counterparts at the BCCI daily," he told reporters in Sydney on Monday.

"We've had nothing formal from the BCCI to suggest anything other than they're supportive ... Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we've set out."

Both India and Australia traveled to Sydney on Monday after reports all players and staff on both squads had returned negative tests for COVID-19.

Australia spin bowler Nathan Lyon called on players from both sides to "stop complaining" about touring in the COVID-19 "bubble".

“I’m not even thinking about Plan B or not playing at the Gabba ... 100 per cent planning on going to Brissie and sticking with Plan A. We’ve heard nothing (to the contrary),” said Australia spinner Lyon.

“There are a few people from both squads who have been in a bubble for close to six months now but in my eyes it’s a very small sacrifice.

“Let’s just suck it up and get on with it.

“And stop complaining.”

The four-match series currently stands level at 1-1 after India's stunning comeback in the Boxing Day Test which they won by 8 wickets after losing the series-opening Pink-ball Test in Adelaide by the same margin last month.

https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cr...ustralia-boss-nick-hockley-1755651-2021-01-04

But but but BCCI is on par with the US government in terms of power????

 

[cricketjoshila]

So the rules that Queensland health officials had already mentioned would be in place before all the fuss yesterday...?

The Aussie team were earlier told that the players will have to room quarantine. Its already in the art8 in the OP.

Since they now will be allowed to roam within their hotel, thats fine. Thats how they played the IPL.

 

[KingKhanWC]

But but but BCCI is on par with the US government in terms of power????

Ony cricket circles see India as power only in cricket but this is also only due to them having over a billion people and hundreds of millions who play/watch cricket. Foreign players see it as easy money, Brendon McCullum was laughing on commentary suggesting this when talking of playing in India. The rest of the world see India as a 3rd world country , full of poverty with extremists in government.

Joshilabhai will have egg on his face when Indian batsmen walk out into the Gabba.

 

[MenInG]

Amid the uncertainty over the future of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Brisbane, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to Cricket Australia (CA) expressing their reluctance to play the final match of the series in Brisbane. The recent restrictions imposed by the Queensland government would force the cricketers to undergo stricter quarantine, which the Indians have expressed reservations against.

Over the past few days, a lot has been said and written in the media, with the Indian team reportedly being hesitant in travelling to Brisbane because of their 'hard quarantine' rules. The regulations would force the players to remain within the boundaries of the hotel, something that Ajinkya Rahane's men aren't happy with.

After the dilly-dally on the matter, the BCCI has reportedly formally written to the CA on the situation seeking a possible resolution. Defending the players, the Indian board has claimed that the players have been in isolation for a long time having played two months of IPL too and hence aren't ready to be confined within the walls of the hotel.

“The BCCI have formally written to Cricket Australia about the restrictions that will be imposed on the Indian team in Brisbane. They are against that. They’ve been in lockdown for an extended period of time, of course most of these people were playing in the IPL in Abu Dubai and then came here to Australia,” SEN reporter Jimmy Smith said.

The BCCI has further termed the Covid-19 bio-bubble regulations in Brisbane 'too restrictive', saying the Indian players want the liberty to walk around like normal people during their stay for the fourth Test.

“So they’re saying ‘nope, too restrictive, once we’ve passed the protocols, why can’t we walk around like the rest of the people in the community. The advice is that they don’t want to go to Brisbane,” added the report.

A section of people at Australia's end believes that the Indian team is making such excuses because of the hosts' virtual invincibility at the venue. Australia haven't lost a single match at the Gabba since 1988 and have won 33 of the 55 matches played there overall.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...terms-protocols-too-restrictive-report/704105

 

[Shoaib88]

Amid the uncertainty over the future of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Brisbane, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to Cricket Australia (CA) expressing their reluctance to play the final match of the series in Brisbane. The recent restrictions imposed by the Queensland government would force the cricketers to undergo stricter quarantine, which the Indians have expressed reservations against.

Over the past few days, a lot has been said and written in the media, with the Indian team reportedly being hesitant in travelling to Brisbane because of their 'hard quarantine' rules. The regulations would force the players to remain within the boundaries of the hotel, something that Ajinkya Rahane's men aren't happy with.

After the dilly-dally on the matter, the BCCI has reportedly formally written to the CA on the situation seeking a possible resolution. Defending the players, the Indian board has claimed that the players have been in isolation for a long time having played two months of IPL too and hence aren't ready to be confined within the walls of the hotel.

“The BCCI have formally written to Cricket Australia about the restrictions that will be imposed on the Indian team in Brisbane. They are against that. They’ve been in lockdown for an extended period of time, of course most of these people were playing in the IPL in Abu Dubai and then came here to Australia,” SEN reporter Jimmy Smith said.

The BCCI has further termed the Covid-19 bio-bubble regulations in Brisbane 'too restrictive', saying the Indian players want the liberty to walk around like normal people during their stay for the fourth Test.

“So they’re saying ‘nope, too restrictive, once we’ve passed the protocols, why can’t we walk around like the rest of the people in the community. The advice is that they don’t want to go to Brisbane,” added the report.

A section of people at Australia's end believes that the Indian team is making such excuses because of the hosts' virtual invincibility at the venue. Australia haven't lost a single match at the Gabba since 1988 and have won 33 of the 55 matches played there overall.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...terms-protocols-too-restrictive-report/704105

Lol crying at its best. Don't Australian players have to do the same thing? Didn't Australian players also play in the IPL? They aren't crying

 

[cricketjoshila]

4th Test Impasse: BCCI formally writes to Cricket Australia on relaxation of Brisbane hard quarantin

NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Thursday wrote to Cricket Australia seeking relaxation in the hard quarantine protocol of Brisbane for the fourth Test to go ahead, reminding the host board that the visitors are done with the strict isolation that was agreed upon at the beginning of the tour.
It is learnt that a top BCCI executive has written to CA head Earl Eddings citing to him the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two boards on the modalities of the tour which never had any specification on two hard quarantines in separate cities.

The Brisbane Test is due to start on January 15 and the quarantine rules will restrict the players to just their hotel rooms after day's play.

The discussions are still on but today BCCI has formally sent a letter seeking relaxation of hard quarantine for its players if they are to have the match in Brisbane," a senior BCCI official told PTI.

"The MoU that was signed never mentioned the two hard quarantines. India have done one hard quarantine in Sydney (practice and back to hotel room)," he added

So what are the precise demands placed by the BCCI after addressing the grievances of its players and where exactly does Queensland health authorities stand at the moment?
"The BCCI's demand is simple. The players want to mingle with each other inside the hotel bio-bubble like they did in the IPL. They want to have their meals together inside the hotel and also have the team meetings together. That's not a big demand," he informed.

As far as Cricket Australia's communication is concerned, they have stated that players can mingle outside their room but only those who are residing on the same floor. Players from two different floors cannot come in contact with each other, which to many seems ridiculous.
"The BCCI has told CA that the relaxation of the quarantine rules should be given in writing. During India's hard quarantine in Sydney after reaching from UAE, there used to be police personnel on each floor ensuring that there is no breach of bio-safety protocols.
"Hopefully, nothing of that sort will happen if the team travels to Brisbane. All we want is IPL style bio-bubble."
The Indian players have been put under hotel quarantine in Sydney, the venue for the ongoing third Test, and skipper Ajinkya Rahane made his displeasure evident when he spoke how it was "challenging to stay in hotel" when outside the city looked "normal".
In case Queensland authorities don't budge, then the fourth Test could well be played in Sydney from the same dates but that remains a distant possibility as hectic parleys continue.


https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/c...-hard-quarantine/amp_articleshow/80154311.cms

 

[angrypathan]

Honestly, if the conditions are as as dumb as what the article states, then fair enough. It's understandable if the Queensland government doesn't want players going out in public because of them having come from Sydney, but only allowing players from the same floor to mingle is absurd

 

[Shoaib88]

NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Thursday wrote to Cricket Australia seeking relaxation in the hard quarantine protocol of Brisbane for the fourth Test to go ahead, reminding the host board that the visitors are done with the strict isolation that was agreed upon at the beginning of the tour.
It is learnt that a top BCCI executive has written to CA head Earl Eddings citing to him the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two boards on the modalities of the tour which never had any specification on two hard quarantines in separate cities.

The Brisbane Test is due to start on January 15 and the quarantine rules will restrict the players to just their hotel rooms after day's play.

The discussions are still on but today BCCI has formally sent a letter seeking relaxation of hard quarantine for its players if they are to have the match in Brisbane," a senior BCCI official told PTI.

"The MoU that was signed never mentioned the two hard quarantines. India have done one hard quarantine in Sydney (practice and back to hotel room)," he added

So what are the precise demands placed by the BCCI after addressing the grievances of its players and where exactly does Queensland health authorities stand at the moment?
"The BCCI's demand is simple. The players want to mingle with each other inside the hotel bio-bubble like they did in the IPL. They want to have their meals together inside the hotel and also have the team meetings together. That's not a big demand," he informed.

As far as Cricket Australia's communication is concerned, they have stated that players can mingle outside their room but only those who are residing on the same floor. Players from two different floors cannot come in contact with each other, which to many seems ridiculous.
"The BCCI has told CA that the relaxation of the quarantine rules should be given in writing. During India's hard quarantine in Sydney after reaching from UAE, there used to be police personnel on each floor ensuring that there is no breach of bio-safety protocols.
"Hopefully, nothing of that sort will happen if the team travels to Brisbane. All we want is IPL style bio-bubble."
The Indian players have been put under hotel quarantine in Sydney, the venue for the ongoing third Test, and skipper Ajinkya Rahane made his displeasure evident when he spoke how it was "challenging to stay in hotel" when outside the city looked "normal".
In case Queensland authorities don't budge, then the fourth Test could well be played in Sydney from the same dates but that remains a distant possibility as hectic parleys continue.


https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/c...-hard-quarantine/amp_articleshow/80154311.cms

Indians might not care about covid or hygenic practices in general but in Australia, it's taken very very seriously. Pathetic from BCCI and Indians because Australian players are going through the same thing, they aren't whinging.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Indians might not care about covid or hygenic practices in general but in Australia, it's taken very very seriously. Pathetic from BCCI and Indians because Australian players are going through the same thing, they aren't whinging.

Exactly. This third world mentality needs to stop. If Australia is taking it seriously we should not act like spoilt brats and follow their guidelines.

 

[JaDed]

Exactly. This third world mentality needs to stop. If Australia is taking it seriously we should not act like spoilt brats and follow their guidelines.

What guidelines bro? They have already done the hard quarantine.. you are suddenly expecting them to do it again due to policy change?

Which is easier to have the same test in Sydney again or this?

Also as Buffet already pointed out CA could had just moved this test to Brisbane and had last test in Sydney..the very reason this is being asked is coz the team is in Sydney..and CA knew it long before , if anything blame CA for it

 

[Gilly]

What guidelines bro? They have already done the hard quarantine.. you are suddenly expecting them to do it again due to policy change?

Which is easier to have the same test in Sydney again or this?

Also as Buffet already pointed out CA could had just moved this test to Brisbane and had last test in Sydney..the very reason this is being asked is coz the team is in Sydney..and CA knew it long before , if anything blame CA for it

The government make all the decisions on protocols for Covid, CA have nothing to do with it and must work within the governments guidelines. Whatever the government decide CA have to abide by, no exceptions.

The rules on covid can change everyday depending on what is happening at the time. CA have no control over what tomorrows guidelines will be.

It might surprise some but the Indian cricket team will get no favors from the government and will be treated just like any one else, when you cross borders you may have to do quarantine and you might not know until you get there.The only thing that matters here is that covid is controlled as best we can, cricket has to work around the guidelines because nothing will change for the sake of cricket.

 

[Hasan123]

India need to remember they are in another country and they have to follow the rules set.

 

[Gilly]

India need to remember they are in another country and they have to follow the rules set.

India have done the right thing and have followed the guidelines, it is only a small few that dont realize that CA have nothing to do with the guidelines. Each state make the rules for entry and that can change at any time. Even if they stay in Sydney the guidelines could change at any time and they could go into full lockdown.

 

[cricketjoshila]

India need to remember they are in another country and they have to follow the rules set.

There was a MoU signed, CA signed it after consulting their govt. Now that MoU says nothing about another hard quarantine.

CA can always arrange the next test in Sydney or anywhere else.

Indians will gladly leave the Australian shores from Sydney. In fact as someone said, if India doesn't travel to Brisbane this time, BCCI may well refuse to travel to Brisbane in future as well.

Indian team is in Australia on invitation of CA and are not seeking asylum.

 

[cricketjoshila]

India have done the right thing and have followed the guidelines, it is only a small few that dont realize that CA have nothing to do with the guidelines. Each state make the rules for entry and that can change at any time. Even if they stay in Sydney the guidelines could change at any time and they could go into full lockdown.

Right now they are in Sydney and are in hotel quarantine. They dont mind doing the same in Brisbane. They are not willing to be restricted to their rooms while playing a test match. CA can shift the test match.

 

[Hasan123]

India have done the right thing and have followed the guidelines, it is only a small few that dont realize that CA have nothing to do with the guidelines. Each state make the rules for entry and that can change at any time. Even if they stay in Sydney the guidelines could change at any time and they could go into full lockdown.

Thanks for this. Didn’t know this.

 

[Gilly]

There was a MoU signed, CA signed it after consulting their govt. Now that MoU says nothing about another hard quarantine.

CA can always arrange the next test in Sydney or anywhere else.

Indians will gladly leave the Australian shores from Sydney. In fact as someone said, if India doesn't travel to Brisbane this time, BCCI may well refuse to travel to Brisbane in future as well.

Indian team is in Australia on invitation of CA and are not seeking asylum.

India can leave Australia whenever they want, moving around Australia they have to abide by the rules which can change at any time.If its too hard or they dont like it hten yes go home, its not worth being here if you dont want to be.

 

[Hasan123]

There was a MoU signed, CA signed it after consulting their govt. Now that MoU says nothing about another hard quarantine.

CA can always arrange the next test in Sydney or anywhere else.

Indians will gladly leave the Australian shores from Sydney. In fact as someone said, if India doesn't travel to Brisbane this time, BCCI may well refuse to travel to Brisbane in future as well.

Indian team is in Australia on invitation of CA and are not seeking asylum.

India won’t refuse to travel to Brisbane.

 

[Sachin136]

"The BCCI's demand is simple. The players want to mingle with each other inside the hotel bio-bubble like they did in the IPL. They want to have their meals together inside the hotel and also have the team meetings together. That's not a big demand," he informed.

Not allowing team meetings within the hotel is a nonsensical rule and the tour should be called off if this isn't allowed. Does the virus not spread during practice? Or on the team bus? Or on the ground?

 

[Gilly]

Not allowing team meetings within the hotel is a nonsensical rule and the tour should be called off if this isn't allowed. Does the virus not spread during practice? Or on the team bus? Or on the ground?

Then call off the tour, don't whinge and whine about it. Nothing worse than constant complaining.

 

[Buffet]

Not allowing team meetings within the hotel is a nonsensical rule ..

It's actually weird and not sure about the logic here.

 

[Gilly]

It's actually weird and not sure about the logic here.

When people go into lockdown in hotels they are not allowed to mingle with others in the hotel, you cant have a rule where other people under quarantine cannot mingle but allow the indian cricket team to mingle.

It would be nonsensical to have one rule for the cricketers and another for everyone else. Everyone have to abide by the same rules.

 

[cricketjoshila]

India can leave Australia whenever they want, moving around Australia they have to abide by the rules which can change at any time.If its too hard or they dont like it hten yes go home, its not worth being here if you dont want to be.

Trust me, Indians dont want to be in Australia either.

 

[cricketjoshila]

India won’t refuse to travel to Brisbane.

If their demands are met, they wont.

All they want is that they should be able to come out of their floors and mix with their team mates.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Then call off the tour, don't whinge and whine about it. Nothing worse than constant complaining.

The ball is in CA's court. Adjust the rules or call off the tour. India doesn't give a damn. And hopefully Bcci will put Brisbane on a permanent no go list.

 

[cricketjoshila]

When people go into lockdown in hotels they are not allowed to mingle with others in the hotel, you cant have a rule where other people under quarantine cannot mingle but allow the indian cricket team to mingle.

It would be nonsensical to have one rule for the cricketers and another for everyone else. Everyone have to abide by the same rules.

The same cricketers will be playing and training together and hence mingling.

But they cant meet each other in the hotel.

Lol.

 

[leg-side-flick]

When people go into lockdown in hotels they are not allowed to mingle with others in the hotel, you cant have a rule where other people under quarantine cannot mingle but allow the indian cricket team to mingle.

It would be nonsensical to have one rule for the cricketers and another for everyone else. Everyone have to abide by the same rules.

Do other quarantined people get into a bus together, practice together and then play a test match....

One should restrict teams to a hotel but not within their rooms

 

[cricketjoshila]

Do other quarantined people get into a bus together, practice together and then play a test match....

One should restrict teams to a hotel but not within their rooms

Do they also play in front of 1000s of spectators who may touch the cricket ball the players handled?

 

[Buffet]

When people go into lockdown in hotels they are not allowed to mingle with others in the hotel, you cant have a rule where other people under quarantine cannot mingle but allow the indian cricket team to mingle.

It would be nonsensical to have one rule for the cricketers and another for everyone else. Everyone have to abide by the same rules.

A group of people is already allowed to mingle in one environment then making an issue out of them mingling in other environments seems weird. I see no sense in stopping Indians to have a team meetings in the hotel. It seems bureaucrats making rules without putting any thinking.

 

[Gilly]

The ball is in CA's court. Adjust the rules or call off the tour. India doesn't give a damn. And hopefully Bcci will put Brisbane on a permanent no go list.

Its not in the hands of CA, they dont make the rules. The ball is in Indias court, follow the rules or leave. No one is forcing India to play, they can go home anytime they like.

 

[Gilly]

Trust me, Indians dont want to be in Australia either.

Then go home, there is nothing stopping the Indian team from leaving.

 

[Hasan123]

If their demands are met, they wont.

All they want is that they should be able to come out of their floors and mix with their team mates.

India will play where they are told. Don’t forget you are in Australia and CA decides the venue.

 

[Mobashir]

So Covid tours are happening from around 6 months now and the first Board to make problems about it is India, what a surprise...

 

[cricketjoshila]

India will play where they are told. Don’t forget you are in Australia and CA decides the venue.

No they wont. Don't forget this is India and BCCI. They will simply walk away. There is a MoU that was signed and CA has to abide.

 

[Gilly]

No they wont. Don't forget this is India and BCCI. They will simply walk away. There is a MoU that was signed and CA has to abide.

Is that like the MoU India signed with Pakistan to play tests?.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Its not in the hands of CA, they dont make the rules. The ball is in Indias court, follow the rules or leave. No one is forcing India to play, they can go home anytime they like.

Well Bcci negotiates with CA. Its CA that invited them to tour and signed the MoU with the rules.

Let CA say all this to Bcci. I cann assure you, Indian team isnt interested in staying in Australia.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Is that like the MoU India signed with Pakistan to play tests?.

Well ask the CA to no abide by the MoU. The very basis of this tour is that MoU. If CA refuses to abide, Indian team walks out and the already struggling CA loses some millions and a few more Australians lose their jobs.at CA.

BCCI doesn't lose a thing.

 

[Hasan123]

No they wont. Don't forget this is India and BCCI. They will simply walk away. There is a MoU that was signed and CA has to abide.

Hopefully CA don’t move the test and we will see how brave the BCCI are. What is more important to the BCCI, the game of cricket or their ego.

 

[Gilly]

Well Bcci negotiates with CA. Its CA that invited them to tour and signed the MoU with the rules.

Let CA say all this to Bcci. I cann assure you, Indian team isnt interested in staying in Australia.

I dont understand why they are still here then, what is stopping them from hopping on a plane and going home, its not that hard to organize a flight home.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Hopefully CA don’t move the test and we will see how brave the BCCI are. What is more important to the BCCI, the game of cricket or their ego.

Well ask CA, why do they insist on playing at Sydney when that will create issues in Brisbane?

BCCI are very brave, because they have nothing to lose,while CA has to lose a few millions.

Nowhere are players confined to their rooms while they are playing in a test match.

All hosting countries created biosecure bubbles where players could move around inside their hotels and were not locked in their rooms. CA has to do the same.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I dont understand why they are still here then, what is stopping them from hopping on a plane and going home, its not that hard to organize a flight home.

Well the answer to BCCI's letter has to come from CA. They will reply and then Bcci will move.

There is a reason why BCCI is BCCI and the CA isnt.

 

[Gilly]

Well ask the CA to no abide by the MoU. The very basis of this tour is that MoU. If CA refuses to abide, Indian team walks out and the already struggling CA loses some millions and a few more Australians lose their jobs.at CA.

BCCI doesn't lose a thing.

Oh I see, you think that because BCCI has a lot of money you can act like some Saudi prince and go around like a spoilt child demanding this that and the other.

Cricket in Australia has been around for 140 years and will be around for another 140 years regardless of what the BCCI do or dont do.

 

[Gilly]

Well the answer to BCCI's letter has to come from CA. They will reply and then Bcci will move.

There is a reason why BCCI is BCCI and the CA isnt.

And the government will tell CA what they can and can't do and if the BCCI dont like it then they can catch the first plane home.

 

[cricketjoshila]

And the government will tell CA what they can and can't do and if the BCCI dont like it then they can catch the first plane home.

Yes the Bcci will leave. They have nothing to gain or lose.

 

[Gilly]

Yes the Bcci will leave. They have nothing to gain or lose.

And cricket will continue in Australia like it has for the last 140 years and no one will notice.

I dont understand why they are here if they don't want to be, I'm sure there are millions of poor people in India that they could go flaunt their wealth to. They could fill stadiums full of poor people and tell them how rich the BCCI is.

 

[Hasan123]

Well ask CA, why do they insist on playing at Sydney when that will create issues in Brisbane?

BCCI are very brave, because they have nothing to lose,while CA has to lose a few millions.

Nowhere are players confined to their rooms while they are playing in a test match.

All hosting countries created biosecure bubbles where players could move around inside their hotels and were not locked in their rooms. CA has to do the same.

CA and the Australian government don’t need to do anything the BCCI or Indian cricket team want. The game will happen at Brisbane and Indian players will follow whatever rules are set.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Oh I see, you think that because BCCI has a lot of money you can act like some Saudi prince and go around like a spoilt child demanding this that and the other.

Cricket in Australia has been around for 140 years and will be around for another 140 years regardless of what the BCCI do or dont do.

Because CA signed the MoU detailing the rules. Because all host countries set up biosecure bubbles for travelling cricket teams, hence its CA's responsibility to set up one too.Because its nonsensical to suggest that players who train and play together throughout the day, cant meet each other in the hotel. Because its nonsense when spectators attend the match and can touch the cricket ball that these players handled.

There is a difference between existing and flourishing. Because the Bcci toured,. CA is making $300mn. All other tours are loss making for the CA except Ashes.