Team India enjoys a barbecue night ahead of South Africa series

While the upcoming series between India and South Africa is highly-anticipated among all the fans, the Indian team decided to enjoy their much-needed break. On Tuesday night, several members of the Indian team were seen enjoying a barbecue.

Among them were a few Indian players such as KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Ajinkya Rahane. Indian team head coach Rahul Dravid alongside a few other members from Team India’s contingent were seen with them as well. After intense training sessions, an ice-breaking session like this was totally called for.

Indian opener Mayank Agarwal gave a glimpse of their dinner, as he posted pictures of his colleagues, as well as their barbecue, on his official Instagram handle. “Nothing like a fiery BBQ night ” read his caption. The post consisted of two pictures. While all of them were seen posing in the first, the second picture saw them sitting at their dinner table. Thus, these members seemingly had a great time ahead of the testing series.

 

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India to tour SA for three Tests and as many ODIs

The first of the three-match Test series is set to commence on Boxing Day, it shall take place at the Centurion from December 26 to December 30. Both the teams will then travel to Johannesburg and Cape Town for the second and third Test respectively.

An ODI series has been scheduled post the Test series. While there are going to be three games, this 50-over series between the two sides begins on January 19 with the first ODI. The second and third ODI takes place on January 21 and January 23 respectively.

Both, the Test series as well as the ODI series will be played behind closed doors. When India had toured the rainbow nation in 2018, they went on to lose the Test series. However, the visitors did go on to win the ODI series rather comprehensively. The T20I series which was scheduled earlier has been scrapped for now.