India vs South Africa live stream: how to watch the 1st ODI from anywhere

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Once you've installed your VPN of choice, simply open the service's corresponding app, hit 'choose location', select the appropriate country and you'll be able to watch the broadcast as if you were back at home. It's really easy to do. An if you do have any issues, ExpressVPN's awesome 24/7 customer service should get you sorted.

Star India and, in particular, Star Sports 1 is the official broadcaster of the ODI series on TV.

Not got access to Star? No worries - you can sign up for its over-the-top Hotstar streaming service instead. This will cost you either ₹299 (around $3) for a month or ₹999 ($14) for an entire year.

And it's not just cricket that Hotstar has on show, the above subscription also gets you access to hit US TV shows.

Coverage is set to start each day the series at 1.20pm IST local time.

Live coverage of South Africa's ODI series in India will be shown on subscription service, SuperSport. 

If you're away from the TV you can also watch the action via the network's streaming service for PC and Mac as well as via SuperSports' dedicated app.

If you want to catch SuperSports coverage but are out of the country, you can use a VPN. 

For cricket fans in Australia looking to watch this ODI series, Fox Sports and the Kayo Sports streaming service will be on hand with live coverage of India vs South Africa, with the coverage starting at 7pm AEDT each day.

The streaming service features no lock-in contracts and also includes access to over 50 sports, both live and on demand.

Kayo Sports Basic Package costs $25 per month and allows users to stream across two devices simultaneously. Alternatively, the service also offers a Kayo Sports Premium Package, which provides three concurrent streams for $35 per month.

For those wanting to watch the Fox or Kayo Sports subscription coverage overseas, you'll need to go down the VPN route as above.

You normally need to have Sky TV in order to watch cricket in the UK, but for India vs South Africa, the wickets and runs won't be on the usual channels. Instead, Indian broadcaster Star Gold UK has the rights with coverage starting at 7am GMT by way of a live pre-show, followed by the match itself at 7.50am GMT each day of the series on the Star Gold channel. 

Fortunately, Star Gold UK is available on most standard Sky plans, though Virgin Media customers need to subscribe to the Asian Mela pack to get the channel.

if you're not in the UK but want to catch up with any of the Sky coverage, then you'll need a VPN to relocate your IP to the UK and get around the region restrictions. Just follow those instructions above.

Sky has snapped up exclusive rights to show India's matches against South Africa in NZ, with Sky Sport 2 the channel the action to head to for your ODI fix.

If you're away from your TV, then you can download and watch on the Sky Go app. And if you're overseas then the VPN method as mentioned above is the best way to go.

Coverage of the ODI series is due to start each day at 8pm NZST.