India tour of Australia: ‘India get to train together in quarantine but we don’t,’ says Australian wicket-keeper Matthew Wade
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India’s tour of Australia is all set to begin in two days’ time as the teams are on the cusp of competing their quarantine protocols. The first ODI will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the 27th of November.
The Indian contingent reached Australia following the Indian Premier League (IPL) in UAE. They were then subjected to the mandatory 14-day quarantine period. The squad was kept in a bubble in Sydney where they trained together in order to become accustomed to the place. The Australian contingent on the other hand, were not able to train as one.
The squad was divided into two contingents and each were asked to train at different places. One group trained under head coach Justin Langer at the SCG while other players who took part in the IPL had to undergo quarantine in a different place across town at Sydney under assistant coach Andrew McDonald who was also a part of the IPL as head coach of Rajasthan Royals (RR).
‘Situation is completely different to what we’ve faced before’ – Matthew Wade
Australian wicket-keeper batsman Matthew Wade spoke about the split quarantine and training of Australian players to cricket.com.au. “We’ve been in situations like this a little bit before with Test tours being away and T20 taking place but it’s obviously something completely different to something we’ve ever faced before. This group has been together a long time, especially the playing XI, so we turn up on Friday morning and everyone knows their role. There’ll be no excuses from our end,” Wade said.
“India in quarantine they get to train together, that’s a slightly different scenario to us. The positive is that we’ve all been playing cricket. It’s not the off-season. We went to England when we hadn’t done any cricket. We’ve either been back here playing first-class cricket or in the IPL,” Wade added.
Before he signed off, Wade spoke about his role in the team and said, “For the one-dayers, it gives me a little bit of time to get my game to go in one-day cricket and T20 cricket. I think an injury or a player gets rested then they know I’ll come in at the top of the order. If ‘Kezza’ (Carey) gets injured then I’ll take the gloves off him for a game. That’s about the only way in at the moment.”
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