Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) has decided to conduct a one-month training camp for its senior men's squad in a bio-secure environment from October 14 but there is suspicion about the outset of the domestic season because of the prevailing circumstance of the Corona explosion. Whereas the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has just started physical training sessions at its Eden Gardens gymnasium in a staggered manner and Uttarakhand's Cricket Association is expected to be a proper camp with full-fledged net sessions. CAU secretary Mahim Verma told PTI that 29 players, including three outstation recruits, will report at Abhimanyu Cricket Academy on October 10.
As a procedure to be part of the event all players will need to bring a COVID-19 RTPCR negative test report with themselves and they will be also tested upon arrival. It has also been heard that the CAU has got the necessary government approval to organize the camp. All the players have to remain in isolation until a second COVID-19 test on October 13 and after returning another negative report can enter the camp's bio-bubble. The coaching and other staff at the Academy will similarly be tested and no one will be allowed to leave the facility.
The start of the domestic season which comes up with a developing uncertainty with it and is set to be a heavily curtain one due to the pandemic. However, Verma said the BCCI could start the season as early as next month. He also said that the district trials in the senior category will begin from October 16, followed by zonal trials from October 22 in Dehradun and Kashipur and the final trial will be held in the state's winter capital.
