AUS vs IND: Massive blow to the Indian team in Australia, five players put under precautionary isolation after allegedly breaching the protocol

The Indian team is currently in Australia playing the Border-Gavaskar series. The series is now leveled at 1-1 after the Indian team’s impressive performance in the Boxing Day Test. The Indian team is playing without their key players like Kohli, Shami, Ishant, and Umesh. Rohit Sharma was added to the squad for the third and fourth tests. He has joined the team in Melbourne to practice ahead of the third test in Sydney.

The team has been practicing in the nets in Melbourne for the third test. The team celebrated their New Year together as they also celebrated the MCG win. The following day, a few of the teammates were seen dining together in a restaurant. One of the fans spotted them at the restaurant dining. He was overwhelmed just by seeing his favorite cricketers. He immediately paid for their bill and gave the players a treat from his side.

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The fan posted about the same on his social media handles as he got a very positive response from the fellow netizens. He described the entire incident on his timeline step by step. This worked the other way for the players as they were put under investigation for breaching the protocols set by Cricket Australia. The five players were the Indian vice-captain, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, and Navdeep Saini. All five players have been put under precautionary isolation by Cricket Australia. An investigation has been set by the Bio-Security officials. The BCCI has cleared their stance on this as they have made themselves clear that the players haven’t breached any protocol. All the necessary precautions were taken prior to the incident.

The players have been allowed to practice while being in isolation as the matter is under investigation. Earlier same incident transpired during the BBL, Chris Lynn, and Dan Lawerence was also found breaching the protocol, and strict action was taken against the duo.