The South African cricket team arrived in Mumbai on Saturday led by captain Greame Smith for a five-match limited over series that begins in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The 15-member team reached Mumbai at 3.45 a.m. by a South African Airlines flight and was scheduled to fly to Hyderabad Saturday evening to start their tour with a warm-up one-day match there.
The team was also accompanied by a 10-member management staff including manager Goolam Rajah and coach Mickey Arthur.
Schedule:
Warm-up match against Hyderabad XI: November 14
1st ODI: November 16, Hyderabad
2nd ODI: November 19, Bangalore(D/N)
3rd ODI: November 22, Chennai (D/N)
4th ODI: November 25, Kolkata(D/N)
5th ODI: November 28, Mumbai(D/N)
Australia's Daryll Harper will be the field umpire in all the five ODIs along with K Hariharan at Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai while AV Jayaprakash will officiate at Bangalore and Kolkata.
The team:
Graeme Smith (captain), Jacques Kallis (vice-captain), Mark Boucher (wicketkeeper), Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Johan Botha and AB de Villiers.
Support staff:
Manager: Goolam Rajah, Coach: Mickey Arthur, Assistant coach: Vincent Barnes, Physiotherapist: Shane Jabaar, fitness trainer: Adrian le Roux, computer analyst: Gustav Obermeyer, team doctor: Mohammed Moosajee.