Historic IND vs SA Clash! India to Visit South Africa Twice in 9 Months, 66-Year Record to Break

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 21, 2026

The Indian women’s cricket team, which became world champion for the first time, is going to be very busy in the coming months. Team India, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, who recently returned from Australia tour, is going to tour abroad for some big series this year. The most special one in this is going to be the tour of South Africa, where Team India will go twice within 9 months. In this, a historic test match will also be played after 60 years. In this way, Team India will play series of all three formats in two tours.

Tour in April and December

Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced its home season on Friday 20 March, in which team india And the schedule of the series with Australia was released. In this, the tour of Team India is very special because this will be the second time this year, when the Indian women’s team will go to South Africa for a series. There is going to be a 5-match T20 series between the two teams in April, which was announced long ago.

After this, the Indian team will go to South Africa again at the end of the year. According to the schedule released by CSA, the Indian team will reach there in December and play a 3-match ODI series. The matches of this series will be played on 9 December (Potchefstraum), 12 December (Bloemfontein) and 15 December (Cape Town).

2026/27 HOME SEASON FIXTURE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today announced the Proteas Womens home international fixtures for the 2026/27 season, headlined by Australias historic maiden tour to South Africa, alongside Indias visit, with both tours set to pic.twitter.com/WbkkhmSXBD
— Proteas Women (@ProteasWomenCSA) March 20, 2026

Historic Test in India-South Africa

After this, the only Test match will be played between the two teams from 20 to 23 December, which will be very historic. This match will be played in Gaberkha (Port Elizabeth). Women’s test match will be held on this ground after 66 years. Earlier in 1960, a test match was played here between South Africa and England.

Team India will also go on England tour

In between these two tours, Team India will also go on a tour of England at the end of May, where it will stay till July. During this period, first Team India will play a 3-match T20 series against England, after which the T20 World Cup will be played in England in June. After this, a Test match will also be played between India and England at the historic Lord’s Stadium in London in July. This will be the first time that these two teams will clash in a Test match at Lord’s.