PICS: Proteas scanned for corona before coming home
It's been a secluded and tense few days in India for the national cricket team.
A member of hotel staff wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, checks the temperature of South Africa’s cricket player Quinton de Kock, upon his arrival at a hotel in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
The Proteas had their three-match ODI series against India suspended last week already, but only arrive in South Africa on Wednesday morning.
South African cricket players and team officials stand in a queue as they wait for their turn to be scanned amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at a hotel in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
South African cricket players and team officials stand in a queue as they wait for their turn to be scanned amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at a hotel in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
A member of hotel staff wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, checks the temperature of South Africa’s cricket player Quinton de Kock, upon his arrival at a hotel in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
South African cricket players and team officials arrive at the airport in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
South African cricket players and team officials arrive at the airport in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
South African cricket players and team officials board a bus upon their arrival at the airport in Kolkata on March 16, 2020. – India called off its two remaining one-day cricket internationals against a visiting South Africa side amid mounting anxiety in India over the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP)
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