IND vs SA: BCCI confirms venues and schedule for five-match T20I series

The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is currently in progress with all team India cricketers busy playing in the tournament. There is no respite for the players after the cash-rich league either as the Rohit Sharma-led side is scheduled to play a five-match T20I series against South Africa at home. The series is set to commence on June 9 and will go on till June 19 which will mark the end of India’s home season.

BCCI, on Friday, while confirming the dates and venues of the IPL playoffs, also finalised the venues for the T20I series against the Proteas. Delhi and Cuttack will host the opening two T20 Internationals to be played on June 9 and 12 respectively before the action shifts to Vizag where the third T20I is to be played on June 14.

South Africa’s India tour will be concluded with the last two T20Is which will be hosted by Rajkot and Bengaluru on June 17 and 19 respectively. All the matches will commence at 7:30 PM IST.

India have a busy schedule after IPL 2022

Team India has a very much busy schedule after the ongoing IPL. While the South Africa T20Is will start 10 days after the end of the cash-rich league, the Men in Blue will tour Ireland for two T20Is on June 26 and 28 respectively. The remaining Test between India and England of the five-match series is then set to be played from July 1 and then the two teams will lock horns in six limited-overs matches (3 T20Is and 3 ODIs) from July 7 to July 17.

India then have Asia Cup to play from August 27 in the T20 format in the lead up to the T20 World Cup set to be played in Australia in October-November. Amidst the busy schedule, India have a great chance to zero in on their squad for the mega event as well. The team had failed to make it to the semis in the previous edition of the tournament.