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What is bio-secure environment or bio-bubble in cricket?

A bio-secure environment or bio-bubble is planned to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). With bio-secure venues for cricket matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and its member boards are aiming to minimise the risk of transmission of the virus from one person to another during an ongoing tournament or bilateral series.
Bio-bubble during Eng vs WI Test series?
 
The West Indies' tour of England was the first international cricket tournament being played after Covid-19 break. The series went on successfully and no one was tested positive during the course of the series. The broadcasting team, media persons and players along with support staff were tested every six days. Nobody was allowed to enter the stadium and if someone left the bio-secure venue, that person needed to isolate for 5 days and would need to pass two Covid-19 tests before returning to the squad.
 
The West Indies squad arrived in the UK on June 9 (a month before the first test) so that the players could first quarantine at Manchester's Old Trafford ground and then practise there in lockdown conditions. They had two intra-squad matches. England had only one before the squad travelled to Southampton for the match.
 
How bio-secure environment is being planned for IPL 2020
 
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet issued any standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of Covid-19 to Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises. However, Kings XI Punjab co-owner has called for daily Covid-19 tests.
 
Will BCCI allow WAGS in IPL 2020 bio-secure environment?
 
As of now there is no clarity on whether wives and girlfriends of players, commonly referred to as WAGs, will be allowed to accompany their partners. It will totally depend on what BCCI states in its SOPs. According to reports, a senior franchise official has said that it will be "criminal" to keep players away from their partners and families for two months and that too in a sanitised environment where there would be least social contact during the course of the tournament.
 
"During normal times, the wives and girlfriends, and at times even families, join players during a specified time. But this is a completely different scenario. If families travel, can they be confined to rooms without being able to move around normally," an official wondered. "There will be players who have kids aged between 3 and 5 years. How do you keep them in a room for two months."

Latest Updates on Bio-Bubble

The brand that is India as a sports destination capable of hosting international events has suffered a blow

Updated On: 27 Jan 2022 | 6:03 AM IST

The bio-bubble arrangement that limits sportspersons' contact with the outside world and safeguards them from contracting Covid-19 is not completely impregnable, experts said on Friday

Updated On: 24 Sep 2021 | 7:37 PM IST

R Ashwin had 'sleepless nights' inside the IPL bio-bubble when most of his family members were suffering from Covid-19 and said he 'had to' leave the tournament midway

Updated On: 28 May 2021 | 4:48 PM IST

Tim Seifert's world stopped for a moment when he tested positive for Covid during the now suspended IPL but the wicket-keeper said he never felt vulnerable inside the tournament's bio-bubble

Updated On: 21 Sep 2021 | 4:26 PM IST

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert, who was one of four KKR players to test positive for Covid-19, said his heart sank the moment he first heard result of his test

Updated On: 25 May 2021 | 7:13 PM IST

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Monday began his quarantine period in Mumbai ahead of the team's departure to the UK for the World Test Championship (WTC) final

Updated On: 24 May 2021 | 6:54 PM IST

Virat Kohli & boys' preparation for the ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand in the UK -- from June 18 -- will start on May 25 when they enter the bio-bubble created for them in India

Updated On: 09 May 2021 | 2:09 PM IST

Cricket South Africa Director Graeme Smith says none of the country's players, who took part in the now-postponed IPL, 'felt at risk' during their stay in India

Updated On: 07 May 2021 | 6:06 PM IST

Some Indian players who participated in the recently-suspended IPL 2021 have revealed with a couple of them also asserting that it wasn't as 'tight' as it was last year

Updated On: 06 May 2021 | 7:43 PM IST

Four premier English counties -- Middlesex, Surrey, Warwickshire and Lancashire -- have expressed interest in hosting the remaining 31 games of the Indian Premier League

Updated On: 06 May 2021 | 7:30 PM IST

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that it is difficult to say how the Indian Premier League's bio-bubble was breached and the report that the board got had shown that there was no breach

Updated On: 06 May 2021 | 2:35 PM IST

IPL chairman said BCCI will 'find a way' to send league's foreign recruits back to their respective countries after the event was suspended indefinitely due to a Covid-19 outbreak in its bio-bubble

Updated On: 04 May 2021 | 4:54 PM IST

Star India, the official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League, supported the BCCI's decision to indefinitely suspend the lucrative T20 event due to a Covid-19 outbreak in its bio-bubble

Updated On: 04 May 2021 | 4:44 PM IST

India skipper Kohli feels rotation policy is the way forward in the age of bio-bubbles as mental fatigue caused by restrictive quarantines will make it extremely difficult for players to stay hungry

Updated On: 04 Mar 2021 | 8:02 AM IST

The English team flew to Chennai on a charter flight from Sri Lanka on Wednesday and were tested on arrival at the airport

Updated On: 28 Jan 2021 | 4:56 PM IST

Australia's limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has become the latest big name in world cricket to raise concerns over playing regularly in bio-secure bubbles

Updated On: 27 Jan 2021 | 11:26 AM IST

Indian and English cricketers have started arriving at Chennai for quarantine before the first Test starts on February 5

Updated On: 28 Jan 2021 | 4:57 PM IST

Australian skipper Tim Paine admitted that life inside a bio-bubble could be challenging for the Indian team in an alien land without family

Updated On: 15 Jan 2021 | 3:26 AM IST

The re-scheduled ODI series will mean that the teams play back-to-back games on Sunday and Monday. England's tour finishes with the third ODI on Wednesday.

Updated On: 04 Dec 2020 | 5:58 PM IST

It will be first time during Covid-19 pandemic that crowds will be allowed in the stadium during an international cricket tournament. Check IND vs AUS full schedule, match time, live streaming details

Updated On: 04 Dec 2020 | 5:00 PM IST