Tigers can take a lesson of bio-security bubbles from England-Pakistan players
|| CF Correspondent ||
England paceman Jofra Archer took a stopover in his home on the way to Manchester, the venue for the second Test after being lost to the visiting West Indies shockingly on the tour opener of the three-match Test series in Southampton.
Archer was accused of breaking the protocols of the bio-security bubbles after which the pacer was dropped from Old Trafford just a few hours before the announcement of the England squad.
Recently Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez had to go for five-day isolation for the same offence in the United Kingdom (UK).
Bangladesh cricketers, who are waiting to return to international cricket after a five-month corona-enforced break, can be aware of what is happening from those incidents. But it’s being deemed a very tough thing for them to be captive in the bio-secure bubbles.
Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal said he thinks that the time prior to traveling in Sri Lanka is more challenging for them.
“It’ll be very much challenging for them to stay in the country,” said Tamim. It will be a week-long period. They have to enter into the bio-security bubbles within the one-two days after the first phase COVID-19 test on September 18.
The players of the national team and High Performance team are scheduled to accommodate in the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on September 20. Before leaving Dhaka for Colombo, the Hotel Sonargaon will be their mailing address for the next seven days.
They have to come and go at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur from the top-notch hotel. They can’t go in the gap of time like the past occasions. They can’t meet with any family member within the mentioned period.
They have to stay at a hotel and stadium in the next one week before departing to Sri Lanka for the three-match Test series.
The same thing will happen in the Island nation. But adopting those rules and regulations for them will be very much tough as Tamim thinks.
“It’ll be a longer period tour. We went on a longer tour. We have a vast amount of experience to pass our time without family. But this time the matter is that there is no way to get close with family despite having stayed in the home country,” Tamim told the media.
But Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) doesn’t think it is very tough for the players going through the phase.
“It’ll be just a week-long programme,” BCB Chief Physician Dr Debashis Chowdhury.
Tamim meanwhile took his mental preparation to be stayed in the bio-security protocols.
“There is nothing to do. And that’s the reality,” Tamim said.
In the new reality, the players will get a chance to meet with their families before flying to Sri Lanka.
“The family members of players may come to the Airport to meet with them. But that will happen by maintaining the social distance,” he said.
Prior to their departure, they have to attend the second-phase corona tests on September 18. And the third-phase test will be held three day before traveling to Sri Lanka.
Under the tests, no outsider of the team will be dropped. Even team boys and bus-drivers will not be dropped from the initiative. They have a discrete arrangement.
The Test series in Sri Lanka is slated to finish on November 12. They have to stay at home quarantine for 14 days after being returned home from Sri Lanka. They can be done at that phase in home.
