It was a tri-nation series between South Africa A, Afghanistan A and India A.

Following the List A fixtures, South Africa A and India A played two four-day games with first-class status, also called unofficial Tests.

Originally, Australia A were scheduled to play in the series, but they withdrew in early July following an ongoing pay dispute with Cricket Australia.

[4] India A won the tri-series, beating South Africa A by 7 wickets in the final of the competition.

[6] Ravikumar Samarth replaced Abhinav Mukund following the former's selection to the India squad for the Sri Lanka tour.