South Africa will play four test matches in India for the first time as part of their longest ever tour to the sub-continent later this year, the country's cricket board announced on Monday.
The Proteas will also play five One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 matches between Oct. 2 and Dec. 7 in what has been described as a landmark tour by Cricket South Africa (CSA).
"This will be the longest tour that we have undertaken to India and the first time we will play a four-Test series," CSA CEO Haroon Lorgat said in a statement.
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Both countries are now working to develop this into an icon series. Another first is that we will be playing our first Twenty20 International match against India in India.
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If fit, leading South African batsman AB de Villiers will play his 100th test in Bangalore, a city he represents in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.
South Africa have drawn their previous two test series in India, the last in 2010, but did claim a 2-0 series win in 2000, their only success in five visits since readmission to international cricket in 1992.
Fixtures:
Oct. 2: 1st T20, Dharamshala
Oct. 5: 2nd T20, Cuttack
Oct. 8: 3rd T20, Kolkata
Oct. 11: 1st ODI, Kanpur
Oct. 14: 2nd ODI, Indore
Oct. 18: 3rd ODI, Rajkot
Oct. 22: 4th ODI, Chennai
Oct. 25: 5th ODI, Mumbai
Nov. 5-9: 1st Test, Mohali
Nov. 14-18: 2nd Test, Bangalore
Nov. 25-29: 3rd Test, Nagpur
Dec. 3-7: 4th Test, Delhi
Source : IBN Live