India’s tour of South Africa later this year will commence with the visitors playing T20 and 50-over internationals against the hosts before taking them on in a three-Test series.
According to the schedule of the matches released on Monday by Cricket South Africa, India will commence their tour with a T20 tour match against an SA Invitation XI at Potchefstroom on November 18 to gear up for the two-match T20 series slated for November 21 and 24. The visitors will then plunge into the best-of-seven ODI rubber, to be held between November 27 and December 15, prior to engaging the worlds top-ranked team in a three-Test rubber from December 26 this year to January 19, 2014.
The three Tests will be played at Kingsmead (Durban), Sahara Park Newlands (Capetown) and the Wanderers (Johannesburg).