With the India vs South Africa 1st Test set to begin in less than a month at the iconic Eden Gardens, the Cricket Association of Bengal announced that the tickets for the match will go on sale from 12 noon on Monday. The 1st Test will begin on November 14 and will kickstart a 3-format series where the two teams will take on each other in Tests, ODIs and T20Is
How can fans book the tickets?
Fans can book tickets through the District by Zomato app, with prices starting at Rs 60 per day (Rs 300 for all five days) and going up to Rs 250 per day (Rs 1,250 for the full match).
The match against the reigning World Test champions from November 14-18 will mark the first Test at the Eden since the India-Bangladesh pink-ball fixture in 2019. It will also be the first Test at the venue in nearly 13 years without Virat Kohli, who retired from the longest format last month.
Fixtures for the India vs South Africa series
The Test series will begin at Eden on November 14 and go on till November 18. Then the action will shift to Guwahati for the second Test which will start on November 22 and go on till November 26. After the two-Test series, the action shits to ODIs with the two teams facing each other in 3 matches.
The first ODI will take place in Ranchi on November 30, followed by the second match at Raipur on December 3. The third and final ODI match will take place on December 6 at Visakhapatnam.
The T20I series will begin in Cuttack on December 9, followed by the second match in New Chandigarh on December 11. The third match is scheduled for December 14 at Dharamsala and the 4th one will take place in Lucknow on December 17. The last and final match of the series will take place in Ahmedabad on December 19.
The Indian team, who are currently touring Australia where they play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is, will return back home after the last match ends in Down Under on November 8.