India will tour South Africa later this year where they will play three Tests, three ODIs and four T20Is; This will be India’s first full tour after the T20 World Cup, which runs till November. South Africa was back in India in March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit the world. At that time, both the teams were supposed to play a three-match T20I series, but it was canceled in the first game in Dharamsala itself. The teams then decided that they would resume the series in India in September, but with IPL On the horizon what appears to be a distant prospect.
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India will begin the tour in Jo’burg with the first Test match starting on December 17. This will be followed by the Boxing Day Test at Centurion and the final Test in Cape Town. The teams will then join a three-match ODI series followed by a four-match T20I series. Check full schedule:
First Test in Johannesburg – December 17-21
Second Test at Centurion – 26 to 30 December
3rd Test in Johannesburg – January 3 to January 7
1st ODI in Paarl – 11 January
2nd ODI in Cape Town – 14 January
3rd ODI in Cape Town – 16 January
1st T20I in Cape Town – 19 January
2nd T20I in Cape Town – 21 January
Third T20 in Paarl – 23 January
4th T20I match in Paarl – 26 January
South Africa has dropped Faf du Plessis for the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates. The senior cricketer took the wraps off his Test career in February but made it clear that he would be available for the T20 World Cup. However, he did not play any white ball games in this period and his last match was against England in December. He was also dropped from the Sri Lanka tour which is continuing. Meanwhile, Imran Tahir has also been dropped. Tahir, who retired from ODIs in 2019 but remained available for the tournament, was also not considered.
Chris Morris, who was the highest buy in this year’s IPL auction, also did not find a place. He had admitted that he was not in touch with the authorities regarding his place in the side; He last played in the 2019 World Cup.
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