Cricket South Africa, BCCI In Talks To Launch Gandhi-Mandela Test Series

Cricket South Africa and the Board of Control for Cricket in India are in talks to finalize details of a "proposed Gandhi-Mandela series, to be played in both countries within the next two years," according to the PTI. CSA CEO Haroon Lorgat announced this during the launch of new kit that the Proteas will wear from next month. Lorgat: "India has really warmed up to the idea of making a sort of an icon series between South Africa and India. So we will play four Tests in India and they will come back in 2018 and will play the equivalent. We want to style it as the Mandela-Gandhi series. We are working on that now to develop the details of the icon series." Lorgat also reinforced CSA's plans to "develop cricket at lower levels to feed into the national side through its transformation plans to include more black players" (PTI, 6/3).