India's tour of South Africa later this year will commence with the visitors playing Twenty20 and 50-over internationals against the hosts before taking them on in a three-Test series.
According to the schedule of the matches released on Monday by Cricket South Africa, India will commence their tour with a Twenty20 tour match against an SA Invitation XI at Potchefstroom on November 18 to gear up for the two-match T20 International series against the Proteas on November 21 and 24.
The visitors will then plunge into the seven-match ODI series, to be held between November 27 and December 15, prior to engaging the world's top-ranked team in a three-Test rubber from December 26 this year to January 19, 2014.
The three Tests will be played at Kingsmead (Durban), Sahara Park Newlands (Capetown) and the Wanderers (Johannesburg).
They will play two two-day warm-up games before the Test series.
Full schedule:
Nov 18: T20 tour match, India v SA Invitation XI, Senwes Park, Potchefstroom (Day/Night).
Nov 21: 1st T20 International, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (Day/Night)
Nov 24: 2nd T20 International, Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town (Day)
Nov 27: 1st ODI, Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban (Day/Night)
Nov 30: 2nd
Dec 3: 3rd ODI, Buffalo Park, East London (Day/Night)
Dec 6: 4th ODI, SuperSport Park, Centurion (Day/Night)
Dec 8: 5th ODI, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (Day)
Dec 12: 6th ODI, Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein (Day/Night)
Dec 15: 7th ODI, Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town (Day)
Dec 18-19: India v SA Invitation XI, Boland Park, Paarl
Dec 22-23: India v SA Invitation XI, The Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Dec 26-30: 1st Test, Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
Jan 2-6, 2014: 2nd Test, Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town
Jan 15-19: 3rd Test, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
