NEW DELHI: While the IPL is making headlines, the Indian Super League is slowly gearing up for a November start. Of the ten teams in the fray, nine are busy planning how they will reach Goa and figuring out the various testing and quarantine rules which they will have to follow.
According to sources, teams have been instructed to conduct three tests before arrival. The window for arrival in the coastal state is 48 hours from the last negative report. And while a few clubs have gathered their players at the home base, some have asked their players to conduct the tests wherever they are currently situated in before travelling to Goa. “It depends from team to team.
Travelling to their home base before going to Goa involves extra quarantine as different states have their own set of rules. The risk of infection increases with travel so clubs are taking their own calls,” a club official stated.
Even travel has its own set of challenges. For teams travelling by road, a seven-day quarantine is on the cards while air travel means a mandatory 10-day quarantine. The South-based teams will take the road option while the other clubs will fly in. Most clubs have unofficially planned to reach Goa in the last week of this month.
“Planning well in advance for a trip and figuring out the logistics is the new normal for all teams. In that sense, nine teams have a level playing field. The more a certain team is pro-active in its planning, lesser the number of hassles they will encounter,” another club official averred.
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