BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said India's tour to South Africa remains on schedule and they're keeping a close watch on the situation surrounding the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant.
India's tour of South Africa in December has turned uncertain after the panic caused by the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant Omnicron.
The first ODI, part of the World Cup Super League, was abandoned due to heavy rain in Centurion on Friday.
The new COVID variant has put the tour in limbo with the BCCI insisting that any decision on the fate of the series will be taken based on the government's advice.
The first of the three ODIs was underway in Centurion when the two boards announced that an official decision would be taken "in the next 24 to 48 hours".
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma on Tuesday said "it wasn't ideal" to get a directive on taking the knee hours before the start of their T20 World Cup match against the West Indies and promised to be there for Quinton de Kock, who chose to withdraw from the game instead of following the order.
The new CSA Board will plan for this year's AGM in September as the matters dealt with on Saturday refer to the previous financial year that finished in April 2020.
Boucher added that South Africa will have to respect de Villiers's decision and move forward.
CSA said that "discussions with AB de Villiers have concluded with the batsman deciding once and for all, that his retirement will remain final."
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It would have meant that South Africa would not have been able to compete in international cricket while its national federation was stripped of its status.
The players said if the current impasse is not resolved soon, South Africa may not been able to take part in the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in India in October-November.
All-rounder Wihan Lubbe and fast bowler Lizaad Williams have received maiden call-ups to the Proteas side.
The IB and the Members' Council of CSA had on Tuesday evening discussed the composition of a future Board, but the Members' Council is learnt to have raised some objections.
In a statement published by CSA, Director of Cricket Graeme Smith thanked Quinton de Kock for leading the side in what are tumultuous times for South African cricket.
The acting head of CSA said that Australia got its facts wrong when it made a unilateral decision to cancel a cricket tour to South Africa because of COVID-19.
Last week, Australia indefinitely postponed its tour of South Africa in March citing an "unacceptable" level of risk because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday announced that it was postponing its tour of South Africa in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cricket Australia interim CEO Nick Hockley said Cricket South Africa rejected its offer citing other commitments.
Australia postponed the tour next month owing to "unacceptable health and safety risk" in that country because of a fresh COVID-19 outbreak
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