India to tour South Africa in the summer of 2018

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Haroon Lorgat, chief executive officer of Cricket South Africa. (Photo by ANESH DEBIKY/AFP/Getty Images)

With the ongoing home series against Sri Lanka going much better than expected, South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat has stated that he would like to see India come and play in the Rainbow Nation the following year.

At the moment, both India and South Africa have their schedules packed in the beginning and the summers of 2018 wherein South Africa will once again entertain the Lankans in a three-match Test series. However, in recent times, the Islanders have not been as much a competition as they were a few years ago, ensuring that Lorgat is looking to bring in a tougher proposition for his side in the form of India.

In a statement released to the media, Lorgat went on to state that the schedule at the moment is very packed, but he had given an indication to Sri Lanka that the tour was highly unlikely given the schedule at the time.

“I’ve given an indication to Sri Lanka that that tour is unlikely,” Lorgat said. “We’ve got a very packed season coming up, starting with Bangladesh in the early season. We’ve got India touring for four Test matches plus five ODIs and three T20s, and then we follow with Australia for four Test matches. It’s very unlikely, and I’ve already given the indication to Sri Lanka that they should avail themselves to someone else.”

“About the tour schedule with India: I’m not reading anything untoward,” Lorgat said. “They’ve got a difficult period that they’re going through currently. You would have read the president has been removed and the secretary has been removed. They are in a state of turmoil. I’ve been assured by them that in the next few weeks they will try and confirm that, but they’ve got a history of not confirming until a few months or a few weeks before.”

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