ICC self-confident India can tour England despite becoming on COVID ‘red list’

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is assured the Indian team will be authorized to journey to England this summer months even with the country’s addition to Britain’s ‘red list’ of destinations from which most vacation is banned due to a superior variety of COVID-19 cases.

British wellbeing minister Matt Hancock stated on Monday most folks who have travelled to India in the very last 10 days will be banned from coming into the United kingdom from Friday.

British or Irish citizens, or those people with residency rights within the British isles, will be permitted in but ought to quarantine in a resort at their individual price for 10 times.

India are scheduled to participate in in the Entire world Check Championship remaining from New Zealand in June and a 5-examination collection in opposition to England commencing in August.

“We are at the moment speaking about with the Uk Authorities the affect of countries being on the ‘red list’,” the ICC said in a assertion.

“The ECB (England & Wales Cricket Board) and other customers have demonstrated how we can phase worldwide cricket safely and securely in the center of a pandemic and we are self-assured that we can go on to do that and that the World Take a look at Championship Closing will go ahead as planned in June in the United kingdom.”

Pakistan, which is also on UK’s red checklist, are also scheduled to tour England to participate in a person-working day global and Twenty20 collection beginning July.

England were capable to fulfil their overall residence timetable in 2020, internet hosting matches versus West Indies, Pakistan, Eire and Australia as all gamers adopted demanding bio-secure protocols, like prolonged quarantine intervals.

“By performing collaboratively, we demonstrated how we can stage international cricket securely in the center of a pandemic and hope to be in a position to do so yet again this 12 months,” an ECB spokesperson stated.