BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal said India`s tour of South Africa remains on the schedule provided the situation doesn`t aggravate in the rainbow nation after a new COVID-19 variant was detected there.

India plays the final Test against New Zealand in Mumbai and is scheduled to depart to Johannesburg from there on December 8 or 9 on a chartered flight.
Dhumal expressed confidence the bio-bubble environment created by South Africa will keep the players safe. The first Test will be played in Johannesburg from December 17.