India to face South Africa in T20I at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Dec 9

In a good news to the cricket crazy fans in Odisha, India will lock horns with South Africa in a T20 match at the historical Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on December 9. 

The Men in Blue will take on the Proteas at the Barabati Stadium in the first encounter of the five-match T20I series.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the full schedule for Team India's home season in 2025. 

India will take on West Indies and South Africa during the home season across all three formats.

As per the fixture announced by BCCI, the home season will begin in October, with the two-match Test series against West Indies. The matches will be held in Ahmedabad and Kolkata, respectively. 

India will then lock horns with South Africa across all three formats. The series will begin in New Delhi on November 14. Guwahati will host the second Test on November 22. 

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Both the teams will then battle it out in a three-match ODI series and a five-match T20I series in December, with the final to be played in Ahmedabad.

Full schedule of Team India's home season in 2025:

West Indies Tour of India 

1st Test: October 2, Ahmedabad

2nd Test: October 10, Kolkata

South Africa Tour of India 

1st Test: November 18, New Delhi

2nd Test: November 26, Guwahati

1st ODI: November 30, Ranchi

2nd ODI: December 3, Raipur

3rd ODI: December 6, Vizag

1st T20I: December 9, Cuttack

2nd T20I: December 11, New Chandigarh

3rd T20I: December 14, Dharamsala

4th T20I: December 17, Lucknow

5th T20I: December 19, Ahmedabad