Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) acting chief executive officer Pholetsi Moseki believes that the BCCI will honour the agreement to have India tour SA in December and January.
The tour is set to be a major financial boost to CSA who have been hit hard by the pandemic.
India will still tour – CSA
Panic has been sparked by the discovery of the new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529 called ‘omicron’ by the World Health Organisation, but CSA believe India will still send their team.
“We spoke to the BCCI and they are very much committed to the tour,” said Moseki.
“India A is still in the country and there isn’t a sign of them leaving. They’re still committed and they’re expecting the tour to go ahead.
“The tour is definitely still on and there’s no reason for it not to go on unless we’re blindsided by something we’re not expecting.
Moseki conceded that there is little CSA can do if elements of the tour are put in jeopardy by the National Coronavirus Command Council’s decisions.
“The question that remains is whether fans will be allowed in. We’ve been angling to have more fans in the stadiums,” Moseki said.
“With the way things are panning out, I guess the only thing we can do now is to wait on the government and see what happens.
“We hope we don’t get to a state where there is a total shutdown.”
Moseki is confident that CSA will be able to maintain bio-security on India’s tour of South Africa, which is set to feature three Tests, three ODIs and four T20Is.
“Our bio-bubbles are very strong because you need to remember the England one that ended up being a disaster,” Moseki said.
“We jacked up our bio-bubbles after that and the spectator matter is something that’s not in our control.
“Once we’re sorted with the Netherlands matter, we’ll communicate further with the tour to show that there is a commitment for the tour to take place.
“We can play without spectators in the same way we did against Pakistan and Sri Lanka because the government knows we prepare strong bio-bubbles.”
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