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South Africa are in India for a 3 test match series. March & April 2008. Following is a collection of related informations a cricket fan might need to watch & enjoy this India vs South Africa cricket series, and you always have itsonlycricket.com forum to ask all questions & get answers on & off this Proteas tour to India.

Schedule
1st test, Chennai = 26 March ; 2nd test, Ahmadabad = 3 April ; 3rd test, Kanpur = 11 April.

TV Telecast
Neosports in India (not on Doordarshan though), Echostar (Zeesports America) call : 720-514-5351 & ARY Digital in Europe & UK.

Tickets
Well, its a long ongoing problem. I'm sure some travel agencies would find you the tickets for cricket matches in India but usually - tickets are sold 7-8 odd days before the match day at local counters in that city in India. no concrete online method made by BCCI as yet. India-south Africa test match will be different.

Start Time
All three Ind-SA test matches will be starting 0900hrs India time, 1130hrs Malaysia time, 0530hrs Africa time, 0330hrs UK & 2330hrs US (Connecticut, Hartford) timings!

Grounds
MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, Motera in Ahmadabad & Green Park in Kanpur.

Squads
India squad : Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble (capt), Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Sreesanth, RP Singh
South Africa squad : Graeme Smith, Ashwell Prince, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher(wk), AB de Villiers, Jean Paul Duminy, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Monde Zondokie, Neil McKenzie, Morne Morkel, Mkhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn.

Records/all test match list
South Africa have won 9 test vs India. India have won only 4 vs South Africa. see complete list with important records.

live scores
Itsonlycricket brings you latest scores every 4 overs & the match scorecard. for live scores, try these.

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