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UPCA confirms India-South Africa sequence in Lucknow from March 7

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The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association on Tuesday confirmed that will probably be internet hosting the eight-match restricted overs sequence between the ladies’s groups of India and South Africa in Lucknow from March 7.
The sequence, comprising 5 ODIs and three T20Is, will mark the Indian staff’s return to aggressive cricket after nearly 12 months.
Both groups might be arriving in Lucknow on February 25 and can bear a six-day quarantine.
A 22-member Indian staff has been picked for the competition however is but to be introduced. The PTI reported the event on Monday.

“We got the go ahead from the BCCI yesterday. It is a big series considering our team last played 12 month ago. We are looking forward to hosting it,” UPCA secretary Yudhvir Singh instructed PTI.
The ODI, all of them day-games, might be performed on March 7, 9, 12, 14 and 17 and might be adopted by the T20 matches on March 20, 21 and 24 with the primary two video games to be performed beneath lights on the Ekana International Stadium.
Both the groups will get lower than per week to coach earlier than the sequence opener as a result of quarantine protocol. South Africa performed not too long ago however India haven’t performed any worldwide match for the reason that T20 World Cup in March final yr because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The solely outing of the Indian gamers since that T20 World Cup closing in Melbourne was through the exhibition Women’s T20 Challenge in Sharjah in November final yr.
The sequence was earlier presupposed to be held on the Greenfield Sports Hub Stadium in Thiruvanthapuram however Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) expressed its incapability to stage the matches because the stadium house owners had booked an Army recruitment drive on the identical dates.