The India ‘A’ cricket team is currently touring the country, playing their first four-day game at Bloemfontein, while the senior India team is set to fly out to South Africa after their ongoing home series against New Zealand. The BCCI hasn’t cancelled the ‘A’ team tour yet and it is learnt that no communication has been sent to the team. “We need to get the details from Cricket South Africa before deciding our future course of action. On Friday, after the first ODI between South Africa and the Netherlands was rained out, Cricket South Africa put out a statement that read: “Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) are aware of news reports doing the rounds regarding the Netherlands tour to South Africa being cancelled or postponed.”It added: “Both boards can confirm that following updated information, it is highly unlikely that the visiting team will be able to fly out of South Africa over the weekend. On Thursday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the national public health institute of South Africa, said that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in South Africa, with 22 positive cases recorded following genomic sequencing.

Source: Indian Express November 28, 2021 00:46 UTC