SOUTH Africa will play one-day internationals against India at Cochin, Jamshedpur, Faridabad, Baroda and Nagpur in March, an official of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) said on Friday. India had delayed finalising the schedule of the one-day series with the South Africans, who are scheduled to open their tour with a three-day match against the Board President’s XI on February 19, and follow it up with two tests. The first test will be played in Bombay from February 24, and the second at Bangalore from March 2. Indian officials had earlier planned the one-day matches on March 9, 11, 14, 17 and 20. The dates of three matches have been changed and the venues for all announced.
The schedule:
Cochin – March 9; Jamshedpur – March 12, Faridabad – March 15, Baroda – March 17, Nagpur – March 19.