Question Mark Over The Scheduling Of West Indies Tour Of India 2022 Due To The COVID-19 Situation In The Country

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials have said that the planning for the ‘West Indies tour of India 2022′ is underway but the Cricket West Indies (CWI) has stated that it is open to the idea of playing the entire 6-match white-ball series in one or two venues.

The Covid-19 situation in India is once again getting horrible with the fast spread of the virus in the different parts of the country. India has registered over 1 lakh cases of Covid-19 recently. Also, the domestic Ranji Trophy, Col CK Nayudu Trophy and Senior Women’s T20 League for the 2021-22 season, have been postponed due to Covid-19.

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Meanwhile, West Indies National Cricket Team are set to travel to India in February for the three-match One Day Internationals series and three-match T20 Internationals series and all the games are set to be played at different venues.

The One Day Internationals series will begin from 6 February in Ahmedabad, the second ODI will be played in Jaipur on 9 February and the third ODI will be played in Kolkata on 12 February. Also, the T20 Internationals series is scheduled to be played in Cuttack, Visakhapatnam, and Thiruvananthapuram.

“A request for such a change has not reached to me as yet. But we accept such operational actions by local boards in the interest of what is best for implementing health protocols,” CWI chief Ricky Skerritt told Cricbuzz recently.

West Indies Team To Undergo Three-day Isolation Period After The Arrival In India

According to the report published on Cricbuzz, West Indies National Cricket Team will arrive in Ahmedabad on February 1 and they will undergo a three-day isolation period till February 3. After that, the team will be allowed to have practice sessions on February 4 and 5 before the first game against India on February 6.

Notably, all the cricket boards in the world are trying to avoid extensive travel during the cricket series in the wake of the new Covid wave and are preferring to host games in fewer venues.

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