Indian Women's cricket team cancelled England tour due to coronavirus restrictions

Indian women's cricket team have pulled out of their proposed tour of England in September due to coronavirus restrictions. The Indian women's team was originally slated to play a bilateral series comprising three ODIs and three T20Is against England in June which got postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Team India was reportedly supposed to travel to England in August and following a 14-day quarantine period, would have taken part in the tri-series in September.

However, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced it was in talks with their Indian and South African counterparts to host a tri-series in September.

An ECB spokesperson said: "We can confirm that India will not be



traveling for the upcoming series as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We remain fully committed to playing international women's cricket this summer and are looking to extend the proposed bilateral series against South Africa. We will hopefully have an update on this shortly."

England board are finalizing plans for an extended bilateral series against South Africa, who are due to arrive later this summer.

The women's T20 World Cup in Australia was the last big-ticket event to be held before the COVID-19 pandemic brought all sporting activities to a halt in March.

With the cases rising rapidly in India, it is not even clear when the players can assemble for a training camp.