IND vs SA: Omicron shadow on India's tour to South Africa, BCCI puts India's team selection on hold

Despite confirming India's tour to South Africa to be on as of now, The BCCI on Wednesday put the team selection meeting on hold.

According to a report in the Times of India, the Indian board is waiting for clearance by the government before going ahead. The selection meeting was due to take place soon after India's 1st Test vs New Zealand in Kanpur. The players who were rested for the home Test series including Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant were to undergo a 5-day quarantine before entering the bio-bubble on December 8.

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There have been dark clouds over the much-anticipated tour ever since the emergence of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus in South Africa.

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The development comes soon after South Africa's foreign ministry promised to provide a completely secured bio-secure environment to the visiting Indian team for the high-profile series in December.