Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie says the squad being forced to quarantine in their hotel rooms in Dubai for the past six days since their arrival in the United Arab Emirates “makes no sense”.
Covid rules have kept the Irish players in their hotel rooms since arriving to prepare for the T20 World Cup campaign.
“In January when none of us had been jabbed, we had to do three days [of quarantine] here,” said Balbirnie.
“Now every squad member has been double jabbed and we have to do six days.”
Ireland begin their T20 World Cup campaign against the Netherlands in Abu Dhabi on October 18.
The Irish players have already undergone two Covid-19 tests since their arrival in Dubai and another on Thursday in the hope that they would be cleared to finally leave their hotel rooms on Friday, to continue their T20 World Cup preparations in earnest. (BBC Sport)