Is India's tour to South Africa getting canceled?

Sowmiya Sriram
Is India's tour to south africa getting canceled?

The india tour to south africa which is scheduled to start from december 17th, 2021 may get canceled due to the new coronavirus new variant. Already india A team is in south africa where it had to play unofficial matches where the first match is underway currently. bcci is waiting for the government's decision to go ahead with the future tour or not. The reports also informed that the senior players had to travel to south africa after the 2nd test match is over on december 8th, 2021. The bcci also has plans to retain some players in current india A tour.

                           The new variant B1.1.529 had been warned by the scientists with more spike mutations making the virus show more symptoms and highly transmissible. It should be resistant to vaccines too. india is planning to play three test matches with three ODIs and also four T20Is in South Africa.

The series is planned to start on december 17th in Johannesburg, the Boxing day test in Centurion, and the last test in cape town from january 3rd, 2022. The opening two T20Is will be held in Cape Town.
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