New Delhi: COVID-19 cases that increase rapidly throughout the country can force BCCI to reduce the number of places for the white ball series that will come against West Indies but the cricket’s body has not discussed the option.
The third wave of Coronavirus quickly gripped the country and several states had introduced the sidewalk, including weekend locking, to prevent the spread of infection.
India will host West Indies for six White Soccer matches – Three ODI and as many T20IS – in six places, starting with the first 50-over match in Ahmedabad on February 6 “Nothing was decided at this time.
This is a liquid situation and We oversee the situation, and we will make a call at the right time, “BCCI senior officials told PTI.
Apart from Ahmedabad, other places scheduled to host the match were Jaipur (February 9), Kolkata (February 12), Cuttack (February 15) Visakhapatnam (February 18) and Thiruvananthapuram (February 20).
Given the current Covid situation in this country, the council may look to host six matches in three centers to avoid traveling too much because it might make players vulnerable to infection.
The West Indies team is scheduled to undergo isolation three days after landing in Ahmedabad in February 1.
There will be a training session on February 4 and February 5 before the action began with the first ODI in the Merera on February 6, BCCI was recently forced to postpone the main domestic tournament including The Ranji Cup and CK Naidu CK trophy due to a surge in Covid-19 cases throughout the country.
BCCI can consider reducing the venue for the Indian-WI series due to increased Covid cases
