England’s upcoming white-ball tour to India has been postponed as a result of disruption attributable to coronavirus, cricket chiefs introduced on Friday. A programme of three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 video games, initially as a result of begin in late September, would have been preferrred preparation for the T20 World Cup in Australia later within the yr. However that event has now been placed on maintain and India is struggling to comprise the outbreak of COVID-19.
Officers from England and India are in talks over dates for an all-formats England tour to India from late January to late March and India’s Take a look at tour to England due later in 2021.
England, who’re the reigning world champions within the 50-over format, are presently scheduled to play 5 Checks in India from January to March subsequent yr.
“Worldwide cricket between India and England is a spotlight of the cricketing calendar and we sit up for working with the BCCI (Board of Management for Cricket in India) to agency up the schedules for these eagerly anticipated excursions as quickly as doable,” mentioned ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) chief government Tom Harrison.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah mentioned: “I’m happy with the way in which BCCI and ECB have managed the state of affairs. The rescheduled tour can also be being redesigned in a method to accommodate each purple and white-ball codecs.”
If well being situations don’t enhance, the fixtures could possibly be staged within the United Arab Emirates, which is able to stage the profitable Twenty20 Indian Premier League from September.
The one main worldwide cricket being staged anyplace on the earth at current is in England, who’re internet hosting Pakistan in a three-Take a look at collection.
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It follows a Take a look at collection towards West Indies and a one-day collection towards Eire.
The entire matches are happening behind closed doorways, with strict anti-virus protocols in place.
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