Team India's tour of South Africa may be in trouble after the rapid spread of Corona's new variant 'Omicron' (Covid Omicron variant) in South Africa. Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat on Saturday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) must consult the government before sending the Indian cricket team to South Africa. A day earlier, the World Health Organization has warned countries around the world about this new variant of Covid-19.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur told news agency ANI, not only BCCI, but also every sports association should consult the Government of India before sending the team to the country where the new variant of Corona appeared. Is. It is not right to send the team to a country where there is danger, if BCCI consults us, we will consider it. India will tour South Africa next month for 3 Tests, 3 ODIs, and four T20Is. The tour is scheduled to start on December 17. These matches are to be played at 4 venues Johannesburg, Centurion, Paarl, and Cape Town.
India-A team is currently on a South Africa tour. After the arrival of the new variant of Corona, there were speculations that given the danger, the BCCI would recall the players of the India-A team. But BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal said in a conversation with a news channel that the India-A team's tour of Africa will continue and the decision will be taken on the tour of India's senior team. It will be taken considering the situation there.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1529 found in South Africa as 'Omicron'. A meeting of WHO was also held regarding this. In this, the World Health Organization has expressed concern over the variant being highly contagious.
Earlier, the Netherlands (Netherlands tour of South Africa) postponed the tour of South Africa midway. The first match of the three-match ODI series (the Netherlands in South Africa 2021-22) between the two was played on Friday. But the match was inconclusive due to rain.
