36-hour quarantine for Oz, England players

All the franchises which have Australian and English players, who arrived after the white ball series in the UK, had appealed for reducing the quarantine period. And the BCCI, under Sourav Ganguly’s leadership, successfully sorted the issue out with the UAE authorities. “Yes, I can confirm that all the Australian and English players have to now undergo 36-hour quarantine instead of six days. The matter has been sorted and most of the teams will have their stars available for the first game,” a senior IPL functionary told PTI. The likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler arrived in the UAE late on Thursday and underwent RTPCR test for COVID-19. “They underwent one rapid test before boarding (the flight) and another on arrival. The rationale behind the move is that all the players will move from one bio-bubble to another.”