Published 16:22 IST, January 13th 2021
Alyssa Healy causes FURORE on Twitter for mocking Indians' complaint about Brisbane hotel
Australian women's cricket star Alyssa Healy has slammed the Indian team for complaining over poor hotel facilities in Brisbane ahead of the 4th Test.
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2020/21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy is heing towards an exciting end as Team India aim to retain trophy, while Australia hope to clinch title back at home. Brisbane has been one of Australia's favourite hunting grounds, and hosts haven't lost a Test at venue since 1988. However, eve of India vs Australia 4th Test 2021 has been marred with controversy, with Men in Blue describing hotel y have been assigned, as a 'prison'.
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Mitchell Starc's wife Alyssa Healy slams Team India's complaints over Brisbane hotel
Australian women's cricket star Alyssa Healy has taken a dig at Indian contingent after complaints about hotel facilities in Brisbane. India’s cricket board, BCCI has reportedly complained to Cricket Australia and its operations team over inner-city hotel y are staying at. According to reports from Indian Express, an anymous BCCI official stated that while hotel facilities are 'good', it is turning out to be a 'five-star jail'. Much of discontent by Men in Blue was because amenities such as gym and swimming pool were t available for use.
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report furr stated that injury-hit Indian team is wondering how y can boost player recovery without access to “basic amenities” like a pool and gym. source also stated “We are locked up in our rooms, have to make our own beds, clean our own toilets. Food is coming from a nearby Indian restaurant which will be given to us on our floor. We can’t move out of floor that’s been designated to us”.
BCCI have taken up matter with CA, and conditions has since n been changed. However, Alyssa Healy was t impressed by Indian contingent and took to Twitter to express her disappointment. 30-year-old, wife of speedster Mitchell Starc, who is also part of series, stated that Australian and New Zealand women’s teams did ir quarantine in same hotel last year and survived.
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Expectedly, Healy's tweet caused a massive uproar, making Indian fans lash out at her due to fact that many of players have been in bio-secure bubbles or quarantining since first few months of 2020, having also played IPL 2020 in UAE in September-vember last year.
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Indian team was initially hesitant to travel to Brisbane because of strict quarantine rules in place in Queensland for anyone travelling from Sydney. neless, Men in Blue will take on hosts at Gabba in fourth and final Test at Gabba, starting from Friday, January 15. Ajinkya Rahane and he coach Ravi Shastri will be scrambling for options considering current injury crisis, with Sydney star R Ashwin also struggling with an injury. Fellow teammates Hanuma Vihari, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jeja have been officially ruled out of India vs Australia 4th Test 2021.
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(Im Courtesy: Alyssa Healy, Indian cricket team Instagram)
16:22 IST, January 13th 2021