Sourav Ganguly thinks India's tour of Australia might be shortened amid COVID-19 pandemic

Sourav Ganguly thinks that India's tour of Australia that is scheduled to be held later this year might be shortened due to global pandemic. Meanwhile, bilateral ODI series between India-South Africa has been rescheduled at a later date while IPL 2020 that was supposed to get underway on March 29 has been suspended indefinitely as of w. 

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'We have to consider it': Sourav Ganguly

During an interview with a daily publication, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President went on to say that he does t reckon that it will be possible for India to participate in five Tests as re will be limited-overs games and on top of that, y will have to consider 14-day quarantine guidelines as well, all of which will extend tour.

At same time, as per reports, CEO of Cricket Australia (CA) Kevin Roberts had told reporters during a video call last month that re is certainty about five-match Test series for coming season post which he assured that  relationship between BCCI and Cricket Australia is really strong. 

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India tour of Australia 2020

India is scheduled to tour Australia between October 2020 to January 2021 for Test,T20I as well as ODI series. T20I series will be played as a dress-rehearsal for ICC T20 World Cup that is scheduled to take place from October-18 to vember 15. Test series will be played after end of T20 cricket's showpiece event. India had beaten Australia when y had toured Australia in 2018-19 season 2-1 in  four-match series to win ir maiden Test series on Australian soil. 

It remains to be seen wher Virat Kohli-led side will succeed in retaining iconic Border-Gavaskar Trophy by getting better of a full-strength Australian side that features likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, etc. 

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