Indian cricket team is all set to lock horns with South Africa in a five-match Twenty-20 International series from Thursday. The first encounter is scheduled to take place at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on 9th of June from 7 p.m. K.L. Rahul will lead the Indian squad while Rishabh Pant will be his deputy. Temba Bavuma will take command of South African team. The two teams will play the subsequent matches in Cuttack on 12th, Visakhapatnam on 14th, Rajkot on 17th and the last one in Bengaluru on 19th of this month.

In view of the upcoming T20 World Cup tournament, the series between India and South Africa will be beneficial to prepare  for the World Championship in Australia.