Published: Sep 26, 2015, 08:25 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 26, 2015, 10:28 PM (IST)
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Saturday released a the official promo of India vs South Africa Gandhi-Mandela series. They have named it ‘The Freedom Series’. The video depicts the some of the glorious moments from the cricketing clashes between India and South Africa. It is a nice journey to the memory lanea. India are hosting South Africa for four Tests, five One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). This is South Africa’s largest tour of India, which will last 72 days. The tour will begin with a T20 practice match in Delhi on Sept, before the first T20I, in Dharamsala, and will end with the final day of the fourth Test in Delhi, on December 7. READ: India vs South Africa 2015: Is this Proteas side the weakest ever to tour India?
The itinerary for the series was announced on July 2015. First the limited overs games will be played followed by Tests at Mohali (November 5-9), Bangalore (November 14-18), Nagpur (November 25-29) and the concluding match of the tour at Delhi from December 3 to 7). The tour will begin with a T20 practice match in Delhi, before the first T20I, in Dharamsala, and will end with the final day of the fourth Test in Delhi, on December 7.Dharamsala, Cuttack and Kolkata will host the T20Is, Kanpur, Indore, Rajkot, Chennai and Mumbai host the five ODIs, and the four Tests will be held in Mohali, Bangalore, Nagpur and Delhi. READ: Kagiso Rabada could be South Africa’s trump card in series against India
The two countries have been engaged in only one four-Test series before, in South Africa in 1992-93. India had lost that Test series 1-0, with three drawn games. That was the first Test series both teams played against each other. Twenty nine Tests have been played between the sides overall: South Africa have won 13 of them, and lost seven. In the last Test series between the sides, in South Africa, the home side almost pulled off a miraculous win in the first Test, and dominated the second, to defeat India 1-0. In South Africa in 2010-11, and in India in early 2010, the teams drew the series 1-1. READ: Ravichandran Ashwin awaits biggest test at home against South Africa
