"94% of the tickets have been sold. There are around 400-500 tickets remaining," DDCA joint secretary Rajan Manchanda stated to PTI on ticket sales for the opening match of T20I.
New Zealand's three-match Test series against England has been given a huge setback, with all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme ruled out.
KL Rahul will head a young 18-man team when India hosts South Africa in five T20Is starting June 9 in the absence of senior pros like captain Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah, who were all rested for the T20I series.
The T20 World Cup will be held in Australia in October and November this year, and that will be intriguing to see how the Rohit Sharma-led team performs in the championship after failing to reach the semi-finals in the previous edition, which was held in the UAE.
The first match of the five-match T20I series featuring KL Rahul's India and Temba Bavuma's South Africa will be played on June 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
With a match-winning century against New Zealand, the 31-year-old batsman became just England's second batsman to surpass 10,000 Test runs.
Jofra Archer became the third England bowler to be ruled out for the summer with a stress fracture, following Saqib Mahmood and Matthew Fisher.
India has been the most successful side in Asia Cup history, winning the continental championship seven times.
Baba Indrajith, with 396 runs in three matches, at an average of 99, including three centuries, the Tamil Nadu man was the best run-scorer for his state side. However, in his first season with Kolkata, he only played three games and scored 51 runs before being dropped from the eleven.
Both sides have previously played 15 matches together so far, with India holding a considerable advantage with 9 wins to South Africa's 6 victories.
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