Indian team to assemble in Delhi on June 5, South Africa squad arrives on June 2
The Hindu
There will be no crowd restrictions and there will be no bio-bubble for the series
The Indian cricket team will assemble here on June 5 ahead of the five-match T20 series against South Africa.
The first match of the series begins here on June 9 and South Africa will arrive here on June 2.
There will be no crowd restrictions and there will be no bio-bubble for the series though players will be tested regularly for COVID-19.
The other venues are Cuttack (June 12), Visakhapatnam (June 14), Rajkot (June 17) and Bengaluru (June 19).
"The Indian team will assemble here on June 5 while the South Africans land in Delhi on June 2," DDCA joint secretary Rajan Manchanda told PTI.
The Indian cricketers are in the middle of a much needed break post a two-month long IPL.
K L Rahul will lead the Indian team in the absence of regular skipper Rohit Sharma who has been rested for the series alongside other all format players, including Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.