Rohit Sharma, Gill, Pant and others isolated over alleged breach of COVID-19 rules
Five Indian cricketers, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Navdeep Saini have been isolated from the test squad on January 2 over alleged breach of COVID protocols. The cricketers had reportedly went out to dine at a Melbourne restaurant and also allegedly hugged a fan, thus violating COVID-19 rules.
Cricket Australia and BCCI are currently investigating the matter to find if there was a breach of bio-secure bubble protocol by the 5 Indian cricketers. The COVID-19 rule violation came to the notice of the authorities after a fan put out a video of the five eating at an indoor restaurant on New Year’s Day.