New Year Test back at Newlands as CSA confirm home fixtures against India

The two teams will contest three T20 Internationals, three One-Day Internationals and Betway Tests from 10 December - 07 January across multiple venues.

The T20I series starts on 10 December at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. The second and third T20Is will follow at St George's Park and World Wanderers Stadium on 12 and 14 December respectively.

The Wanderers Stadium will then host the Pink Day ODI on Sunday, 17 December in Johannesburg, before the sides head back to Gqeberha for the second ODI on Tuesday, 19 December.

The final match of the 50-0ver series will be played at Boland Park in Paarl on 21 December.

The Freedom Series, which honours two global icons in Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi, gets underway with the Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park.

The highly-anticipated tour will conclude with the New Year's Test at Newlands Cricket Ground from 3 January.

CSA chairperson Lawson Naidoo said: "Cricket South Africa eagerly awaits the arrival of the Indian Cricket Team and their passionate fans on our shores.

"This is an important tour for both teams and I am really pleased that we will have a full tour comprising all three formats of the game. Both South Africa and India boast exceptional talent, and we can look forward to exciting cricket and thrilling matches.

"The tour also allows us to showcase the best of South Africa and we have spread out matches across the nation. We share an excellent rapport with the BCCI and I thank them for their support throughout the process of putting the tour in place."

Secretary of the BCCI Jay Shah added: "The Freedom Series is significant not just because it features two excellent Test teams, but also because it honours Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, two great leaders who shaped our respective nations, and the world around them.

"The Boxing Day Test and the New Year's Test are amongst the most important fixtures on the international cricket calendar and the schedule has been planned particularly around these marquee dates.

"India has always received strong support in South Africa, and I am confident that fans will be treated to some enthralling contests with no shortage of intensity."