The Men in Blue next year can begin their tour to South Africa on January 5 or 6 in Cape Town.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) are on the brink of finalizing the details for the tour, comprising four Tests, three ODIs, and three T20Is, according to  ESPNcricinfo.

The BCCI last month had informed CSA that the team will not tour to the country until the last week of this year as their home series against Sri Lanka would only end on December 24.

According to an official quoted by ESPNcricinfo, India are expected to arrive in South Africa in the last few days of December and would surely play one practice match ahead of the opening Test.

"Now they (CSA) are trying to fit in everything within a short window," the official said.

The Australian team will be playing a four-match Test series in South Africa which is scheduled to start from 1 March.

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