South Africa 'A' to tour India for two four-day games, 3 ODIS

Mumbai, July 18 (UNI) The South African 'A' team will tour India in September to play two four-day matches and three one-day internationals against their Indian counterparts, it was announced here today.

Chief Administrative Officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Prof Ratnakar Shetty, in a release here, stated that the South African 'A' team would arrive in Delhi on September 10 and will depart on September 30.

The visitors would play against the India 'A' team two four-day games in Delhi from September 13 to 16 and at Dharmashala from September 19 to 22.

The one-day matches would be held on September 25, September 27 and September 29 at Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Baroda respectively, the release added.

Meanwhile, the Indian 'A' team would be leaving on a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya on July 20. The team will be playing two four-day games in Zimbabwe, while a one-day tri-series is scheduled to be held in Kenya between India 'A', Zimbabwe and the hosts.

The BCCI also announced that the NKP Salve Challenger one-day trophy tournament between India Seniors, India 'A' and India 'B' would be held in Ahmedabad from October 25 to October 28.

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