Xtra Time Web Desk: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will have to wait for the government’s permission before going ahead with their tour of South Africa next month.
The squad is scheduled to leave for Johannesburg in the early hours of December 9 by a chartered flight from Mumbai. The tour, set to run from December 17 to January 26, consists of three Tests, three ODIs and four T20Is.
Former BCCI President and Sports Minister of the country Anurag Thakur, told ANI, “In such situations, every board, be it BCCI or any other, should take permission from government of India. Government will take a decision when it gets the application from them (BCCI).”
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had said on Friday that they are in talks with Cricket South Africa to sort out the uncertainty after the presence of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus in the African nation came to light, raising considerable concern across the globe.
As it stands at the moment the Indian cricket board is taking a wait-and-watch policy and no decision is expected to be taken before the first week of December when the players will be in Mumbai. It’s a constantly evolving situation and the BCCI will have to depend on the government’s approval.