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Kanpur, Nov 26 (PTI) The new COVID-19 variant, which threatens to wreak havoc in South Africa, has led to considerable concerns about India"s tour of the Rainbow Nation next month even though the BCCI, for now, feels the series will go ahead as planned.
The ongoing India A tour of the country, featuring three unofficial Tests in Bloemfontein, could also be affected.
The first game ended in a draw on Friday and the second game starts on November 29.
The India seniors, during a nearly seven-week assignment starting December 17, are scheduled to play three Tests, three ODIs and four T20 Internationals across four venues -- Johannesburg, Centurion, Paarl, and Cape Town.
The cases are on the rise in the northern part of the country and at least two venues for the Test series -- Johannesburg and Pretoria (near Centurion) -- could become vulnerable to the spread of the new variant.
"Look, till we get a detailed picture of the ground situation from Cricket South Africa (CSA), we will not be able to tell our next step.