Sourav Ganguly Calls For Reduction In Quarantine Days For India's Tour Of Australia

Sourav Ganguly, the current BCCI President, is hoping that the quarantine period for the Indian cricket team gets reduced when they travel to Australia for the full-fledged tour at the end.

Cricket teams are required to spend 14 days in quarantine before and after the tour as part of the Covid-19 medical regulations.

Ganguly said that he doesn’t want the players to go ‘that far’ and sit in the hotel rooms for two weeks, calling it as ‘very very depressing and disappointing’

“Because we don’t want the players to go all that far and sit in hotel rooms for two weeks. It is very, very depressing and disappointing. We are looking at that, the quarantine thing. And, as I said Australia and New Zealand have been in good position except Melbourne. So from that point of view we will be going there and hopefully the quarantine days will be less and we can get back to cricket.” Sourav Ganguly told India Today.

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‘You have got to stay fit’- Sourav Ganguly’s message to Virat Kohli

Ganguly added that the Test series in Australia will be ‘milestone series’ as far as Virat Kohli’s captaincy reign is concerned.

The BCCI President said that he has had discussions with Virat Kohli where he urged the skipper to ensure that he and his fast bowlers are fit and firing for the all-important Test series.

“My presidentship tenure, I don’t know whether I will survive by this December or not. But his captaincy tenure is going to be a yardstick. This will be a milestone series. “I have been in touch with him, telling him ‘you have got to stay fit. You haven’t played cricket for six months,” he said.

“You have got to make sure your best bowlers are ready for the tour and fit. Whether it’s (Mohammed) Shami, whether it’s (Jasprit) Bumrah, whether it’s Ishant, whether it’s Pandya, they have to be at the top of their match fitness when they land in Australia” Sourav Ganguly added.

Last time, Virat Kohli led an Indian side on Australian soil, he scripted history by becoming the first Asian captain to win a Test series Down Under.

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