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Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla will host the last of the three ODIs against South Africa in the second week of October, while the T20 World Cup team will play three games against Australia and South Africa before heading to the ICC event. It is learned that India will play against Australia in Mohali (September 20), Nagpur (September 23) and Hyderabad (September 25). They round out their World Cup preparations with three more T20 against the Proteas in Trivandrum (September 28), Guwahati (October 1) and Indore (October 3).
The three ODIs will be held in Ranchi (October 6), Lucknow (October 9) and Delhi (October 11).
As the BCCI wraps up its ongoing series that was postponed due to COVID-19, South Africa will be coming for a short three-match ODI series during Durga Puja, where a second set of Indian team will be seen in action. “As our secretary Jay Shah recently said, we will have two national teams of equal strength available. So the three ODIs will be played at a time when the national team leaves for the World T20,” a BCCI source told PTI under conditions of anonymity. .
While South Africa played five ODIs in India in June, the three T20s have been recorded for quality time before the World Cup.
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“The ODI was supposed to come to Kolkata according to the rotation, but it was during the time of Durga Puja and CAB will not be able to organize the police deployment during festival time. Therefore, one match has been allocated to Delhi,” added a BCCI source to it. .
Route T20Is vs Australia Sep 20: Mohali Sep 23: Nagpur Sep 25: Hyderabad South Africa T20Is Sep 28: Trivandrum Oct 1: Guwahati Oct 3: Indore ODIs Oct 6: Ranchi Oct 9: Lucknow Oct 11: Delhi.
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