The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa have collectively come onto a decision to reschedule the One Day Internationals to another date. The series was called off on Friday due to the widespread pandemic caused by Corona Virus.
The first match of the series which was planned to be played in Dharmshala was cancelled due to continuous rain in the city. The other two games were planned to be played in Lucknow and Kolkata on the 12th and 15th of March. BCCI had also announced after the Dharmshala game that the games in Lucknow and Kolkata would be played in close doors.
“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) along with Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday announced to reschedule the ongoing ODI series in view of the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) outbreak,” the BCCI said in a media release issued on Friday.
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“Cricket South Africa will visit India at a later date to play 3 One-day Internationals. The BCCI-CSA will jointly work out the revised schedule,” was added in the media release.
It was pretty clear that both teams were interested in playing the One Day Internationals again after the disease got a little better. Corona Virus has also caused the IPL to shift to 15th April. In other corona related cricketing events, the World Road Safety tournament was cancelled until any further notice.
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The England tour of Sri Lanka was also cancelled and the Trans-Tasmanian One-day internationals were taking place in close doors. PCB has decided to continue the PSL but many foreign players have left the tournament. The PCB later announced that they have cut short the competition and it would now end on March 18 instead of March 23.
