India, Jan. 27 -- Both South Africa and the West Indies will look to fine-tune their preparations ahead of the upcoming marquee T20 World Cup, when the two teams meet in the first T20I of the three-match series on Tuesday at Boland Park in Paarl. The three matches will give both sides a good opportunity to test out what combination works best heading into the 20-team tournament, set to be played in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8.

The Proteas and Windies have squared off against each other 26 times in T20Is, with the latter winning on 14 occasions, while South Africa coming out on top on 12 occasions.

South Africa's players have been busy in the recently concluded SA20, and the hosts start as overwhelming favourites, give...