India Tour of South Africa: Virat Kohli & Co to have 1 day quarantine- In what comes as big relief for Team India, they will not be required to enter a hard quarantine in South Africa upon their arrival on December 16. Virat Kohli & Co will have a day of isolation and will be tested three times for Covid-19 and will be out of isolation following the result. India’s first Test begins on December 26 in Centurion. Follow India vs South Africa Test series on InsideSport.IN.
To avoid quarantine in South Africa, BCCI has arranged a three-day quarantine in Mumbai beginning December 13. After ending quarantine, they will board a charter flight and fly to Johannesburg, where they will be tested three times.
“Team India will quarantine upon arrival and will be released following the results of the arrival COVID-19 tests that will take place when the team arrives at their hotel. As long as it takes for the arrival Covid-19 test results to come out. No longer than a day,” a CSA spokesperson told InsideSport on Tuesday.
India Tour of South Africa: Relief for Team India, CSA confirms, ‘Only a day of quarantine for Virat Kohli & Co in South Africa’
India Tour of South Africa: Relief for Team India, CSA confirms, ‘Only a day of quarantine for Virat Kohli & Co in South Africa’
- Team India are in a three-day quarantine in Mumbai.
- Test skipper Virat Kohli will join the quarantine today.
- During the quarantine period, players will be tested three times for Covid-19 before boarding a charter flight for Johannesburg on December 16.
- Upon their arrival, the team will go straight to a designated hotel for a day of room isolation.
- They will be tested three times during the day and once they are clear, they will head to the team hotel in Centurion.
- The team will be in bio-bubble for the entire duration of the tour.
- No family is permitted to travel during the tour with the players.
- India will begin practice from December 19 in Centurion.
India Tour of South Africa: Relief for Team India, CSA confirms, ‘Only a day of quarantine for Virat Kohli & Co in South Africa’
Both Johannesburg and Centurion (Gauteng province) are facing an outbreak of Omicron variant of Covid-19 and India will play the first and second Test at those two venues.
Due to precaution, BCCI hasn’t allowed players’ families to travel on the South Africa tour. Players’ families accompanied them during Australia and England tour.
“This time, it is a bit different. The virus threat is still unknown and we had to take permission for the tour from both Indian and South African governments. The tour is not long as we are not playing the T20I series now. So, the families will not be travelling with them. The good thing is that there is no hard quarantine rule in South Africa at this moment,” a BCCI official told InsideSport.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has pulled out from the three-match ODI series starting January 19 in Paarl. According to a report, Kohli has told BCCI that the tour coincides with his daughter’s 1st birthday so he won’t be available for the series.
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India Tour of South Africa: Relief for Team India, CSA confirms, ‘Only a day of quarantine for Virat Kohli & Co in South Africa’
It is important to note that Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s daughter Vamika will turn one on January 11, 2022. Sources in the know of developments confirmed to ANI that Kohli has indeed asked the board for a small break in January next year.
“Yes, Kohli has asked for a small break in January to spend some time with his family. It effectively means that he would miss the ODI series against South Africa,” the source said.
It should be noted that Virat Kohli has been removed from ODI captaincy and replaced with Rohit Sharma, who will miss the Test series with a hamstring injury. But the newly-appointed Test vice-captain will be joining the team ahead of the ODI series.
India Tour of South Africa: Relief for Team India, CSA confirms, ‘Only a day of quarantine for Virat Kohli & Co in South Africa’
