Australia Tour: Team India embraces the ‘new normal’

TIL Desk Sports/ The Indian cricket team, on Wednesday, departed for a two-month long tour of Australia where it will aim to build on the historic Test series win two years ago. The BCCI tweeted photographs of the Indian contingent before departure with the players sporting customised PPE kits for travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“#TeamIndia is BACK! Let’s embrace the new normal,” read the photo caption on BCCI Twitter handle. The majority of the India squad members were competing in the IPL and following the conclusion of their respective team’s campaign, they moved to the bio-bubble created for the national team in Dubai.

Test specialists like Cheteshwar Pujara and the support staff had arrived in Dubai last month to enter the national team bio-bubble. Rohit Sharma, who led Mumbai Indians to a record fifth IPL title on Tuesday night, and Ishant Sharma, who is recovering from internal oblique muscle tear injury at the NCA in Bengaluru, will join the team later. They both are only part of the Test squad.