Published 12:33 IST, January 2nd 2021
Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant & others breached bio bubble with fan who 'paid their bill'?
Team India's Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini & Rishabh Pant are reportedly under the BCCI scanner for a potential bio-bubble breach in Melbourne
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Team India's Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini and Rishabh Pant are under the BCCI scanner for a potential bio-bubble breach in Melbourne after they reportedly met an Indian cricket fan at a restaurant on Friday. A fan named Navaldeep Singh took to Twitter to share a series of tweets & a video on meeting the Team India stars at a hotel and went on to claim that he had paid their food bill. As per sources, the actions of the Indian cricketers have come under the scanner of the BCCI for not adhering to the bio-bubble rules set by Cricket Australia.
The fan also made a controversial claim that Rishabh Pant had 'hugged' him, however, backtracked and apologised later, revealing that he was 'excited' to meet them and that social distancing had been maintained throughout. As per the bio-bubble rules, the cricketers had been allowed to dine out at a restaurant but were told to avoid sitting indoors as it could increase the chances of contracting the COVID-19 virus. Neither BCCI nor Cricket Australia have officially commented about the issue so far. With two Tests left to compete in, Team India could be dealt with a huge loss if their players are found guilty of violating the bio-bubble.
Fan claims to have met Indian cricketers, paid their food bill
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Updated 12:33 IST, January 2nd 2021