Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2020

The India cricket team were scheduled to tour South Africa in August 2020 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1]^[2] The tour was not part of the Future Tours Programme,^[3] and was aimed at kickstarting the economy of both cricket boards due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] The series would have taken place in a "bio-bubble" environment^[5] in empty stadiums.^[6] Cricket South Africa also made a contingency of playing the T20I matches as late as March 2021, if it is not possible to play them at the start of their summer season.^[7]

South Africa were scheduled to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against India in March 2020.^[8] However, after the first match was washed out, the remaining two matches were cancelled due to the pandemic.^[9]

However, in August 2020, the tour was cancelled due to a clash with the rescheduled 2020 Indian Premier League.^[10]^[11]

References[edit]

^ "Cricket-South Africa hopeful of home India series in August". Reuters. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "CSA announces plans to get cricket up and running; Support Fund to be launched". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "India set to play T20Is in South Africa in end August". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "CSA 'encouraged' by India's keenness to fulfil SA tour". Sport24. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "South Africa cricketers could resume training next week after government nod". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ "India, South Africa could play T20I series in August". Sportstar. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "CSA gets sports-ministry green light to resume training". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "Tests against South Africa and Bangladesh in India's 2019-20 home season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "India to tour South Africa for three T20Is this August". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "No India-South Africa T20I Series Ahead Of IPL 2020 As BCCI Advances Tournament By A Week". Cricket Addictor. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "India unlikely to tour South Africa as CSA looks at blank coffers". Sports Cafe. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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[1] "Cricket-South Africa hopeful of home India series in August". Reuters. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[2] "CSA announces plans to get cricket up and running; Support Fund to be launched". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[3] "India set to play T20Is in South Africa in end August". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[4] "CSA 'encouraged' by India's keenness to fulfil SA tour". Sport24. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[5] "South Africa cricketers could resume training next week after government nod". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

[6] "India, South Africa could play T20I series in August". Sportstar. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[7] "CSA gets sports-ministry green light to resume training". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[8] "Tests against South Africa and Bangladesh in India's 2019-20 home season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[9] "India to tour South Africa for three T20Is this August". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[10] "No India-South Africa T20I Series Ahead Of IPL 2020 As BCCI Advances Tournament By A Week". Cricket Addictor. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[11] "India unlikely to tour South Africa as CSA looks at blank coffers". Sports Cafe. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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v t e International cricket tours of South Africa
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1902–03 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2019–20 2023
Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09 2017–18 2021–22
England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20 2020–21 2022-23
India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2020 (cancelled) 2021–22 2023–24
Kenya	2001–02 2008–09
New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016
Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14 2018–19 2020–21
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West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15 2022–23
Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11 2017–18 2018–19 2023-24
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Other tours
Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, collectively known as the South African rebel tours.
Australian	1919 1985–86 1986–87
Bangladeshi	2000–01
Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06 2021–22
English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000
Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17
Kenyan	1995–96
Multi-national	1959–60
Namibian	1992–93 1993–94
Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13
Sri Lankan	1982–83
West Indian	1982–83 1983–84
See also: International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981