India spinner Axar Patel has revealed that the team will serve a three-day hard quarantine before it is allowed to train at the Aegeas Bowl here ahead of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand. The final begins on June 18 and India has limited time to prepare having arrived here on Wednesday. ”I had a good sleep…the plan is to quarantine. We have been told that we can’t meet each other for three days so we will be quarantining for that much time,” said Axar in a video posted by BCCI capturing the team’s journey to England via a charter flight. The men’s and women’s squads were in the same flight.
Earlier, India opening batsman Rohit Sharma, who landed in London on Thursday, took to Instagram to share a picture where he is seen with Rishabh Pant, from the venue for the World Test Championship final -- The Ageas Bowl in Southampton. "We are in Southampton," Rohit Sharma captioned the post and tagged wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. In the pic, both Rohit and Pant can be seen with the Ageas Bowl ground in the background. The men's team led by Virat Kohli will take on England in a five-match Test series after the World Test Championship final. On the other hand, the women's team will play a one-off Test, three One-day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals against England. The final of the first edition of the World Test Championship will be played between India and New Zealand, from June 18-22 with June 23 kept as reserve day.
