India, Dec. 17 -- Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday weighed in after the fourth T20 International between India and South Africa was called off due to dense smog in Lucknow.

Tharoor suggested that the match should have been scheduled in Thiruvananthapuram, instead of a north Indian cities, which are shrouded under dense smog.

The T20 International match between the two countries was abandoned without a ball being bowled as the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium remained under thick blanket of smog on Wednesday evening.

"Cricket fans have been waiting in vain for the #INDVSSAODI to start in Lucknow. But thanks to dense smog, pervasive in most north Indian cities, and an AQI of 411, visibility is too p...