South African team returned home amid coronavirus scare, calling off the ODI series.
Cricket South Africa has thanked the BCCI for being understanding and postponing their ODI series due to the spread of Coronavirus.
The South African cricket team was supposed to play 3 ODIs in India on March 12, 15 and 18. The first game was abandoned due to rain before the remainder of the series was called off. The Proteas cricketers reached back home and will self-isolate themselves for 14 days.
Cricket South Africa’s interim chief executive Jacques Faul said, “I want to thank the BCCI for allowing us to recall our players, it's not an easy decision make. There's big financial implications for India.”
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“We will return and honor our agreement. We've got to thank them for their understanding in this difficult time. The situation was such that the players came first,” he added.
The South African domestic season was coming to an end and therefore they did not have to face a lot of financial loss after calling off all domestic cricket in the country for the next 60 days.
Faul said, “We've been very fortunate in terms of the timing, we are towards the end of our season and there's no incoming tour for a couple of months during the winter. It hasn't impacted financially too big on us for now. We don't want to panic, we are doing scenario planning.”
“We met with the Minister (of Sport Nathi Mthethwa) in a very good meeting. The theme that came out that was: 'A life saved today is a fan for tomorrow',” he added.
(With inputs from Sport24)