South Africa will play three Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and four Tests on a 72-day tour of India this year, according to the schedule released today.
The tour, which runs from September to December, will be South Africa’s longest trip to India and will feature their first Twenty20 international against India in India and the first four-Test series between the two teams in India.
South Africa’s schedule in India
September 29: T20 tour game, Delhi
October 2: 1st T20I, Dharamsala (D/N)
October 5: 2nd T20I, Cuttack (D/N)
October 8: 3rd T20I, Kolkata (D/N)
October 11: 1st ODI, Kanpur
October 14: 2nd ODI, Indore (D/N)
October 18: 3rd ODI, Rajkot (D/N)
October22: 4th ODI, Chennai (D/N)
October 25: 5th ODI, Mumbai (D/N)
October 26-27: Team-building session, Goa
October 30-31: Tour match v Board President’s XI, Mumbai
November 5-9: 1st Test, Mohali
November 14-18: 2nd Test, Bangalore
November 25-29: 3rd Test, Nagpur
December 3-7: 4th Test, Delhi
The tour will begin with a T20 practice match in Delhi, before the three T20Is in Dharamsala, Cuttack and Kolkata, which will be played between October 2 and 8.
The ODI series will be played between October 11 and 25 in Kanpur, Indore, Rajkot, Chennai and Mumbai.
The visitors will have a two-day team-building session in Goa and a two-day tour-match in Mumbai against the Board President’s XI before the start of the first Test in Mohali on November 5. The remaining Tests will be played in Bangalore, Nagpur and Delhi.
ref:espncricinfo
