There is a lot of anticipation around Indian men's and women's teams’ upcoming tour of the United Kingdom. Both sides will depart for the much-awaited tour on Wednesday (June 2).

According to a PTI report, families of players and support staff of both teams will be allowed to accompany them during the lengthy tour.

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While Virat Kohli and his men will play the WTC final versus New Zealand in Southampton (June 18-22) and the five-Test series against England (August 4-September 14) during their tour, the women’s team will face the hosts in a four-day Test followed by three ODIs and three T20Is from June 16 to July 15.

"Yes, it's good news that players will have their families during the tour of the UK. Ditto for the women's team who can also have their families around. These are times when the mental well-being of players is paramount.

"The BCCI understands that we need our players and support staff to be in a good headspace," the source told PTI.

However, it is learnt that none of the BCCI officials, including president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah will be present for the marquee World Test Championship final due to the strict quarantine rules.

"As far as I know, the ECB didn't grant permission to them (Ganguly and Shah). Normally, administrators go before the Test match but as per quarantine rules, since they are not playing members, they would have had to undergo hard quarantine of 10 days.

"The team rules wouldn't have been applicable as far as president and secretary is concerned," the official further added.

After arriving in UK on June 3, both the teams will be isolating at the Hilton Hotel, which is a part of the Hampshire Bowl Stadium property.

Mithali Raj and company are supposed to travel to Bristol for the one-off Test after serving their hard quarantine in Southampton.

(With PTI inputs)