India tour of England, ICC WTC Final: Virat Kohli and boys landed in London on Thursday for their four-month long tour. They will first play New Zealand in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final scheduled from June 18-22, with June 23 as a reserve day. It will be followed by a month-long break and then the five-Test series against England from August 4 to September 14.
KL Rahul shared a picture of him from London and captioned it: “Touchdown”
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India tour of England, ICC WTC Final: What next?
They will now proceed directly to the on-site hotel at the Hampshire Bowl where they will be tested again before commencing a period of managed isolation.
Looks who arrived in England 💥🔥💫🤩💞#TeamIndia 💥😍 pic.twitter.com/Y7LmGAjnoA
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As per the bio-safety protocols established for the event, in line with UK government and Public Health England requirements, regular tests will be conducted during the period of isolation.
India tour of England, ICC WTC Final: Players’ activity will be allowed in a gradually increasing manner after each round of negative testing, moving from exercise in isolation to small group and then larger squad activity, whilst always remaining within the bio-secure venue.
The New Zealand team are already in the UK ahead of their bilateral series against England and the team will transition from the ECB bio-secure environment into the World Test Championship Final bubble on 15 June and will be subject to regular testing prior to and post arrival in Southampton.