Test cricket will return to Eden Gardens after a two-year gap after BCCI on Sunday named Kolkata and Nagpur as the venues of the two-match India-South Africa Test series scheduled next month.
Kanpur, Jaipur and Ahmedabad would host the One-day Internationals, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.
The exact dates of the matches would be announced in a day or two, Srinivasan added.
Last time Kolkata hosted a Test was in November-December 2007 when India played Pakistan.
South Africa were initially scheduled to arrive here next month for a five-match one-day series.
However, BCCI realised that playing just two Tests in the next 11 months - both against lowly Bangladesh would not be enough to retain India's status as the number one Test team.
The Board then convinced Cricket South Africa to drop two ODIs and squeeze in a couple of Test matches instead.
CSA, which in the past had agreed to host the second edition of the Indian Premier League on a very short notice, eventually agreed to the proposal but asked BCCI to ensure that the team was not made to travel a lot in between matches.
