The BCCI on Saturday approved IPL's resumption in September in the UAE. The organisers were forced to suspend the league earlier this month after multiple cases of COVID-19 were reported inside the bio-bubble.
Tim Paine indicated that Bancroft's performance would be the yardstick for including him in the Test squad.
The Australians will start their Ashes defense at the Gabba in Brisbane on Dec. 8 and continue with a day-night test in Adelaide starting eight days later.
The players had to spend 10 days in Maldives due to a ban imposed by the Australian government on travellers from COVID-ravaged India till May 15.
The former dashing wicketkeeper-batsman said CA, in the course of the whole episode, missed out on an opportunity to make a strong statement.
Australian players, including Pat Cummins, David Warner and Steve Smith, arrived in Sydney almost two weeks after the T20 league was indefinitely suspended following a breach in its COVID-19 bio-security bubble.
CA's comments come after Cameron Bancroft, who was involved in the scandal, hinted that the bowlers were aware of the use of sandpaper on the ball.
The Aussie players and members of the support staff, however, are still in Maldives as they seek return. They could return late on Saturday or Sunday.
The cricketers featuring in the video included Pat Cummins, Brett Lee, Alyssa Healy, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith, Michael Hussey, Allan Border, Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning, among others.
CA also thanked the BCCI for its assistance in ensuring that players were able to leave India within two days of the league's suspension owing to COVID-19 cases inside the bio-bubble.
With their country shut for all those flying from India, the suspended IPL's 40-strong Australian contingent, comprising players, support staff and commentators, will be flown to Maldives before getting a connecting flight for home.
Australia has shut its borders and not allowing any commercial flights from India because of the massive COVID-19 surge there.
The Australian cricket body will also raise more funds in partnership with its players' association and UNICEF.
The BCCI has already assured that it will make arrangements for the return of the foreign players once the tournament ends.
ACA chief Todd Greenberg said Cricket Australia will talk to the IPL franchise owners on this arrangement but conceded that it will not be a simple thing.
Tye, Zampa and Richardson departed due to fears that they will be locked of their country following rising Covid-19 cases in India.
Opener Joe Burns, all-rounders Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis along with former Test vice-captain Head and wicketkeeper-batsman Wade failed to get a deal for the 2021-2022 season.
The Australia women's team went past Ricky Ponting's side's world record of most successive ODI victories.
CA banned Smith, 31, from playing international cricket for 12 months and was also barred from a leadership position with the national team for two years following the Cape Town scandal
The acting head of CSA said that Australia got its facts wrong when it made a unilateral decision to cancel a cricket tour to South Africa because of COVID-19.
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