India to play tri-series in Lanka in August, tours SAfrica in Nov

New Delhi, Jun 1 (UNI) India will play a tri-series in Sri Lanka -- with South Africa as the third party -- in August this year, while the Men in Blue will also tour South Africa from November 14-January 7 to play five ODIs and three Test matches against the Proteas.

BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said in a statement today that the team would travel to Sri Lanka for the tri-series which begins on August 14 and the final is slated for August 29.

Team India will reach Johannesburg on November 14 to play five ODIs and three Tests before leaving for home on January 7.

Itinerary: Tri-Series in Sri Lanka: 10th August : Arrival 13th August : One Day Warm-Up match at urunegala 14th August : Sri Lanka v/s South Africa at Dambulla (D/N) 16th August : Sri Lanka v/s India at Dambulla (D/N) 18th August : India v/s. South Africa at Dambulla (D/N) 20th August : Sri Lanka v/s. South Afria at Dambulla (D/N) 23rd August : Sri Lanka v/s India at R Premadasa (D/N 26th August : India v/s. South Africa at R Premadasa (D/N) 29th August : Final at R Premadasa (D/N) 30th August : Departure South Africa Tour: 14th November: Arrival at Johannesburg 16th November: Tour Match at Benoni (D/N) 19th November: 1st ODI Centurion (Day) 22nd November: 2nd ODI Durban (D/N) 26th November: 3rd ODI Cape Town (Day) 29th November: 4th ODI Port Elizabeth (D/N) 3rd December: 5th ODI Johannesburg (Day) 7-10 December: Four-Day Match at Potchefstroom 15-19 December: 1st Test at Johannesburg 26-30 December: 2nd Test at Durban 2-6 January: 3rd Test at Cape Town 7 January: Departure UNI AY PG RN1914