The stadium has a capacity of 70,000, more than double that of South Africa’s largest cricket ground the Wanderers, which seats 34,000. The match against India will take place on January 9.
Michael Owen-Smith, a spokesman for Cricket South Africa, told Bloomberg the match will be played in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Indians in South Africa.
Moses Mabhida meets the requirements of the International Cricket Council to host Twenty20 cricket, groundsman Kevin Gramoney said in a statement on the stadium’s website.
The Melbourne Cricket Stadium in Australia is the world’s largest cricket stadium, with a total capacity of 100,000.
