South Africa players enter self-isolation following aborted ODI tour of India

The sides had been scheduled to play a three-match series from March 12-18, but the fixtures are now set to be rearranged in light of the coronavirus pandemic

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Cricket South Africa have instructed their men's team to self-isolate for a two-week period following their return from an ODI tour of India that was cut short by the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.

The Proteas travelled to the country for a three-match series that had been set to begin in Dharamsala on March 12, though the series was officially postponed the following day after the BCCI had previously announced the matches would go ahead without spectators permitted at the venues.

No members of the squad have been said to have displayed any symptoms of infection either before or after the trip, but CSA's chief medical officer Shuaib Manjra, the resident doctor in the camp on the tour, confirmed that the board has issued guidance to Quinton de Kock's 16-man squad following their premature return home.

"CSA had engaged in a risk assessment before the tour and we deemed the risk to be very low," Manjra said.

"While on tour the world became a different place and we had to take cognisance of the fact that there was a change in the global environment.

"We've recommended that all players self-isolate and social-distance themselves for a minimum of 14 days to protect people around them and their communities."

The team travelled to India via Dubai before the opening fixture in Dharamsala, which was rained out without a ball bowled. Subsequent matches had been scheduled in the cities of Lucknow and Kolkata.

Figures from India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare now state there are 16 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Lucknow's region of Uttar Pradesh, while one more has recently been confirmed in Kolkata itself.

South Africa, meanwhile, has now confirmed 116 cases of infection, including six more on Wednesday in people with no recent history of travel to other infected regions.

In addition to the 16 squad members that travelled to India for international duty, seven more South African cricketers have been participating in the Pakistan Super League, which was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday after England batsman Alex Hales began displaying COVID-19 symptoms upon his return to the UK.