|| CF Correspondent || 

BCCI is targeting to hold an isolation camp for the players when cricket finally starts after COVID- 19 pandemic.

England is the first Test-playing nation whose national team fast bowler will start cricket training from Monday in their county. ’The safety of the players is the board's priority. We will have to work on the logistics and see if Bengaluru is safe enough. If things don't look absolutely fine, then we will look for areas in the country which fall outside the containment zones. The camp will be sanitized. And there is also an option of opening up local stadiums to senior players," a BCCI official told TOI.

"The players, team management and the cricket operations team are constantly in touch to deal with every issue," the official added.

The National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru has all the facilities for training but there are still huge number of Covid-19 cases  in the city. The idea is to have a set of players, coaching staff and people - including catering, security and housekeeping - in a quarantined and sanitized atmosphere.

TOI understands that everyone picked for the camp - from players to general staff - will have to clear health prerequisites and will not move out of the camp premises. However, by the looks of things, it will be difficult to get the camp going in the near future. It might take more than a month and will depend on the relaxations given by the government after May 18.