Indian players might be put in quarantine before Australia series, hints Arun Dhumal

The unprecedented Covid-19 wave across the world has meant that people -  including athletes - have now been restricted to the confines of their homes for over two months, with non-essential outdoor activity all but barred by governments across the planet. While travel restrictions have now been imposed globally, the protocol that was followed during the early stages of the outbreak was for people to observe a 14-day self-isolation, as two weeks was what was considered to be the incubation period for the novel virus.

“Two weeks is not that long a lockdown. That would be ideal for any sportsman because when you are in quarantine for such a long period, then going to another country and having a two-week lockdown it would be a good thing to do. We’ll have to see what the norms are post this lockdown.”

“Once we are sure when cricket will resume, then only will we be able to make a final call on that (series expansion).That discussion [on five Tests] took place before the lockdown. If there is a window available it would be up to the boards to decide whether they wanted to go for a Test match or maybe two ODIs or maybe two T20s.

“Given the revenue loss they will have on account of lockdown, post-lockdown they will want to have revenue and revenue most likely will come from ODIs or T20s much more than a Test match.”