South Africa's Director of Cricket Graeme Smith has thanked the Indian players and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for showing faith in the hosts' ability to successfully stage matches amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying their exemplary commitment has "set the example" for others to follow.
The BCCI had decided to go ahead with the highly-anticipated tour of South Africa despite growing concern about the spread of the new COVID-19 variant — Omicron, which was first reported in the Rainbow Nation.
