Indian Cricket Team Whinges About Having To Quarantine In Queensland

Indian cricket stars continue to whinge about strict that will lock them down in their hotel during the upcoming Test match. 
The fourth test will be played at the Gabba on January 15 to 19 and could decide the series between Australia and .
Teams have been told they will be essentially in quarantine as they will have travelled from Sydney during the city's outbreak.
Members of the Indian Cricket team arrive at the Intercontinental Hotel in Double Bay, Sydney, after travelling from Melbourne 
India's Rohit Sharma chats with teammates during a training session at the MCG in Melbourne on January 2
Pampered Indian stars are reluctant to cross the border as they don't want



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Indian cricket officials earlier suggested the match should just be held in Sydney again so the team could stay put and no quarantine.
'We aren't keen on going to Brisbane if it means being stuck in the hotel again, except for going to the ground,' a source in the Indian camp said.
'Instead we don't mind being in some other city, playing both Test matches there to complete the series and return home.'
India's belief is that since they have served their 14 days quarantine on entry to Australia, they should be treated like members of the public.
Indian cricket stars have been left fuming over strict Covid rules preventing them from leaving their hotel when they are not playing in Queensland
An unnamed source said there was frustration over quarantining as the players had already spent two weeks in quarantine when they arrived in Australia and had expected to be able to move freely across the country (Pictured: India's Jasprit Bumrah)
However, given the current border closures, members of the public cannot enter Queensland from Sydney without serving another two weeks in quarantine.
Queensland's Shadow Sports Minister Tim Mander, a former NRL referee, said India should simply not come if they players want to follow the rules.
'If the Indian cricket team wants to spit the dummy and disregard quarantine guidelines in Brisbane for the fourth Test, then they shouldn't come,' he said.
'The same rules must apply for everyone.

Simple.'
Queensland's opposition health spokeswoman Ros Bates was similarly blunt: 'If the Indians do not want to play by the rules, don't come.'
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young refused to budge on the rules and docs.google.com made no apologies for the restrictions.  
An unnamed source claims players would prefer to stay in a different city where they have more freedom (Pictured: India's Cheteshwar Pujara leaves the team's hotel in Melbourne on January 4)
Fans celebrate India winning during day four of the Second Test match between Australia and India at Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 29
'They can have bubbles within that hotel because they're going to be playing with colleagues in the match so they're going to have exposure there,' Young said. 
'That's absolutely fine but they can't leave the hotel and they can't go out into the general community… perhaps if [Cricket Australia] had gone somewhere else [for the third Test] they wouldn't have had to quarantine when they came to Queensland. 
'That's a decision they've made.

They have their reasons and I'm very, very happy to work with them.'  
Anyone travelling to Queensland from NSW must isolate in hotel quarantine only if they've been to Sydney, but otherwise are freely allowed into the state. 
The Queensland Government agreed to let both teams train and play in Brisbane, but they must remain in their hotel at all other times.

Cricket Australia has booked out the hotel entirely as part of quarantine concessions.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is yet to formally complain.
'We've had nothing formal from the BCCI to suggest anything other than they're supportive,' CA chief executive Hockley told reporters.
'I can't really comment on speculation. We speak to our counterparts at the BCCI daily.

Both teams have wanted to play the schedule as we've set out.
Australian cricketer David Warner arrives with his family and the Australian Cricket team at the Intercontinental Hotel in Double Bay, Sydney
Will Pucovski (centre) of Australia leaves the Park Hyatt in Melbourne, Monday, January 4
'We have clarified in the last 24 hours what the precise requirements are in Brisbane ...

everyone is fully across that, and supportive.'
SCG Trust boss Kerrie Mather wants the Gabba to host the final Test but confirmed her venue will have a pitch ready for the series finale as part of a 'contingency plan'.
The BCCI and CA have confirmed their respective squad members and support staff all had negative Covid-19 swabs on Sunday.
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon hit out telling players to 'suck it up' and stop complaining.
'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),' he said. 
'There's 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.'