South Africa is expected to travel to the Caribbean shores next month as all teams across the world start an intense build-up to the T20 World Cup, originally slated to take place in India during October-November. However given the current scenario in India, there are high possibilities that the tournament is shifted out of India to UAE.
The Director of Cricket South Africa and former Proteas skipper Graeme Smith made the revelation that the Rainbow nation will lock horns against West Indies in two Test matches and five T20Is. The tour will start in early June with venues not being finalised yet.
If the series pans out, the Proteas players will directly travel to Ireland for a tour in July. In the lead up to the World Cup, they might also face Sri Lanka and India.
Smith was of the opinion that the original tour of India which is slated to be played in September might clash with the resumption of IPL which was paused midway on Tuesday following several positive cases being reported inside respective bio-bubbles.
"With what's happening in India with Covid and the IPL, we need to give the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) time to gather their thoughts. The challenges India are facing as a country are immense,” he further added.