The Indian team is scheduled to host England for a six-match limited-overs series in September, but now the series now seems to get postponed along with New Zealand A’s visit to India next month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The BCCI is yet to make any formal announcement regarding the England series but it is expected that it will happen soon.
As per the quotes in PTI, a senior BCCI official said, “England was supposed to play six games (three ODIs and three T20 Internationals) during late September. Obviously, in the current circumstances, England won’t be traveling to India.”
India’s Future Tours and Program (FTP) calendar will certainly be discussed during the BCCI Apex Council meeting on Friday.
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Explaining the same, the BCCI official said, “But I guess a formal announcement will happen once the FTP issue is discussed as it’s part of the agenda during Friday’s Apex Council meeting. New Zealand A had a tour of India scheduled in August and even that’s also unlikely to go ahead.”
According to reports in the British media, the limited-over over series may now happen in September, next year. India currently has more than 9 lakh cases of COVID -19 and the death toll rising to more than 25,000. India’s caseload is the third highest in the world. Even if the situation in India improves by September, there was a very slim possibility of England coming.
Talking about the same, the official said, “Our (BCCI) president (Sourav Ganguly), in a recent interview, said that they are planning for a camp in August if the situation permits. It’s common sense that under these circumstances, no matches can be held.”
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Also, the England tour was scheduled in the latter half of September, and with the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia is also expected to be postponed, the IPL is expected to kick off during that phase either in India or abroad. Team India played its last game in March in a series against South Africa at home, which had to be called off midway because of the pandemic.
