SYDNEY (Australia): India’s team and support staff all tested negative to Covid-19 after five players apparently breached their bio-security bubble, officials said on Monday.
“Playing members of the Indian cricket team and support staff underwent a test for Covid-19 on January 3, 2021. All tests have returned negative results,” said a BCCI statement.
The quintet — Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw and Navdeep Saini — were filmed dining inside a Melbourne restaurant on New Year’s Day.
The Australian state of Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, is battling to stem a cluster of virus cases tied to a wider outbreak in neighbouring New South Wales.
In response, authorities require restaurant-goers to dine outdoors and maintain social distancing.
Both teams headed to Sydney Monday for the third Test starting Thursday, with the four-Test series level at 1-1.
