Relief for Team India, on reaching Africa, the Indian team will have to stay for 1 day in Quarantine; there will be 3 tests

There is news of relief for the Indian team on the South Africa tour. Team India is to go on a tour of South Africa on 16 December. The Board of Control for Cricket in South Africa has given a big concession to the Indian team. Now on reaching Africa, the Indian cricket team will not have to live in a strict quarantine. After reaching there, Team India, led by Virat Kohli, will be isolated in the hotel room for only one day.During this, the players will have a corona test 3 times and after the negative report comes, the players will be able to come out of isolation. The first Test between India and South Africa will be played at Centurion from 26 December.

The Indian team was in a bio-bubble in Mumbai for three days before leaving for Africa. Meanwhile, the players were also tested for corona thrice. After the completion of the quarantine period, the Indian team will fly to South Africa via a chartered flight.

According to media reports, on arrival in Jonhasburg, South Africa, the Indian team will be quarantined for a day in a pre-determined hotel and will leave for their hotel in Centurion. The Indian team will practice from December 19 at Centurion, where the first match will be played from December 26. Due to the rapid increase in the cases of the new variant of Corona in South Africa, Omicron, the BCCI has not allowed the players of the Indian team to take the family with them. New cases of Omicron are continuously coming up in Johannesburg and Centurion and India has to play the first two Tests at these two venues.