T20 Cup players, staff to get tested on Nov 20
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) medical team is prepared to conduct coronavirus testing at the BCB Academy on November 20 for all the players of the five teams that will participate in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup as well as support and hotel staff.
Teams will check into the hotel the following day and prepare for of the start of the tournament on November 24.
According to sources, players who reside outside Dhaka but test positive will be quarantined at the BCB's Academy complex. If a player whose home is in Dhaka tests positive, he will be sent to quarantine at home.
However, if there are a high number of positive cases, teams will take necessary measures. It was also learned that the BCB will allow teams to get a replacement if a player tests positive.
The cricketers will check into the Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital, where they will stay on two separate floors inside a bio-secure bubble. The BCB will appoint each team with a medical officer, whose job will be ensuring health safety protocols.
Sixteen players and no more than nine support staff will stay at the team hotel to ensure proper health safety.
The BCB is taking the upcoming Bangabandhu T20 Cup as the platform to prepare to host international series in the futre, with the West Indies scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh in January next year.
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