Proteas tour to India rekindles memories

THE South African Cricket Team's tour to India in November this year will mark history and celebrate the 34th anniversary of South Africa's readmission to international cricket.

- THEOLIN TEMBO

The Proteas are set to play all three formats in India in November and December after the BCCI confirmed the fixtures for the tour. The tour will begin with a two-match Test series from 14 November, while three ODI games will be followed by five T20Is.

The first Test will be played in Delhi, with the final game in the longest format set to take place in Guwahati from 22 November.

India and the Proteas will then play three ODIs in Ranchi (30 November), Raipur (3 December) and Visakhapatnam (6 December).

The tour will then conclude with five T20Is in Cuttack (9 December), Mullanpur (11 December), Dharamsala (14 December), Lucknow (17 December) and Ahmedabad (19 December).

The ODIs are all day-night fixtures, while the T20Is are night matches.

The upcoming tour to India coincides with the 34th anniversary of South Africa's readmission to the international stage, where in 1991, India became the first country to host a South African cricket team after South Africa was banned from international cricket.

SA was banned in 1970 by the International Cricket Council (ICC), after a resolution taken against the then apartheid government. The Proteas played their first ODI against India at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, on November 10.