Proteas' Indian summer

28 July 2015 - 02:01 By Telford Vice

The centrepiece of the Proteas' summer took shape yesterday with the announcement of the fixtures for the tour to India. The three T20s, five one-day internationals and four Tests SA will play in India loom as a significantly higher hurdle than the tour by England that will fill their dance card for the second half of the season.At 72 days, the Indian tour weighs in as the longest of SA's seven visits there to play bilateral series, starting with a T20 tour match on September 29 and ending on December 7, the fifth day of the fourth Test.The Indians will present a tough challenge for a South African team struggling to assert their undoubted superiority in Bangladesh, where they lost a one-day series to the Tigers for the first time and were unconvincing for much of last week's drawn first Test.SA have won only one of their five Test series in India - in February, 2000 - and none of their four ODI rubbers. They have yet to play T20s there. India are currently ranked fifth.South Africa in India 2015-16:September 29: T20 tour match,DelhiOctober 2: 1st T20, DharamshalaOctober 5: 2nd T20, CuttackOctober 8: 3rd T20, KolkataOctober 11: 1st ODI, KanpurOctober 14: 2nd ODI, IndoreOctober 18: 3rd ODI, RajkotOctober 22: 4th ODI, ChennaiOctober 25: 5th ODI, MumbaiOctober 30-31: Tour match,MumbaiNovember 5-9: 1st Test, MohaliNovember 14-18: 2nd Test,BangaloreNovember 25-29: 3rd Test,NagpurDecember 3-7: 4th Test, Delhi..

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