IND vs SL Test Series: Team India stars were afforded a much-needed relaxation of rules after the BCCI spared the Test squad from undergoing hard quarantine. The BCCI have imposed a soft quarantine on players picked only for the two-match Test series, meaning that the players were able to undergo practice at the stadium having started assembling this weekend. The likes of Ravichandran Ashwin and Rishabh Pant have already resumed training as the limited-overs squad tussles with the Lankans in the T20I series. Follow Insidesport.in for all IND vs SL LIVE Updates.
IND vs SL Test Series: Good news for Team India, no hard quarantine before Sri Lanka Test series in Mohali, Pant & Ashwin arrive
Team India stars have already started assembling in Mohali, a week before the IND vs SL 1st Test at the venue. As per a Times of India report, have been exempted from being locked in a room for days. They have been given soft quarantine instead.
“The players have started assembling in Mohali. They are being tested every day. They have been given the opportunity to go to the stadium and train. Giving a four-day break for these cricketers doesn’t make sense if they had to endure another five days of hard quarantine. Frequent hard quarantines take a toll on the players,” a BCCI source told TOI.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Rishabh Pant, who were rested for the IND vs SL T20Is, have directly joined up with the team in Mohali. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill, KS Bharat, Jayant Yadav, Saurabh Kumar and Umesh Yadav too will join the rest of the squad which will come down from Dharamsala. Former captain Virat Kohli is also expected to join soon after being rested from the series against Sri Lanka.
IND vs SL Test Series: Good news for Team India, no hard quarantine before Sri Lanka Test series in Mohali, Pant & Ashwin arrive
Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has touched down in Mohali as India prepare for the upcoming India vs Sri Lanka series. Pant took to social media on Saturday and shared pictures of him on the ground ahead of the team’s net practice at the venue. The 23-year-old and the rest of the squad finished their quarantine in Mohali before entering the ground and beginning their preparations for the red ball series. Check pictures:
Rishabh Pant has reached Mohali prior to the Test series👍 pic.twitter.com/eYto5PDO2e
— ° (@BCCI_Indian) February 26, 2022
Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin reached Mohali 10 days before the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. Ashwin was recovering from a wrist and ankle injury he suffered during the South Africa ODI series. The veteran spinner posted on social media, “Lovely to be back here, been a few years since we played a game at this wonderful venue. #mohali #indvsl.”
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IND vs SL Test Series: Good news for Team India, no hard quarantine before Sri Lanka Test series in Mohali, Pant & Ashwin arrive
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