Coronavirus: BCCI calls off India tours to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe
India's tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have been called off by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the wake of the current threat of coronavirus, the board secretary Jay Shah said in a statement on Friday.
The Indian cricket team was scheduled to tour Sri Lanka for three ODIs and as many T20Is starting June 24, and later to Zimbabwe for three ODIs starting August 22.
Sri Lanka has around 700 active coronavirus cases. Therefore, the Sri Lanka Cricket board was pushing hard to restart cricket in the country by holding a residential training camp for 12 of its players.
While the total number of coronavirus cases in India has spiked to nearly 3 lakhs, India is unlikely to travel to South Africa at the end of August to play the three-match T20I series proposed by CSA.
The Indian Cricket team has not played any competitive cricket since mid-March when it called-off the three-match ODI series at home against South Africa. After the first match in Dharamsala was washed out, the BCCI had decided to conduct the remaining two matches behind closed doors. However, the two boards decided to reschedule the series in the wake of the Covid-19 situation.
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-PTC News
