Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff will be in action on the opening day of the Indian Premier League when its second season begins in South Africa.
Pietersen will lead Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals in Cape Town on 18 April.
It will be preceded by a game pitting Flintoff's Chennai Super Kings franchise against Mumbai Indians.
Organisers were forced to switch the tournament to South Africa because of security concerns.
But the eight teams will play a full 59-match schedule, climaxed by the final in Johannesburg on 24 May.
The decision to move to South Africa was announced on Tuesday and IPL officials, working in tandem with Cricket South Africa, have taken only four days to produce the new schedule.
As well as Cape Town and Johannesburg, matches will take place in Port Elizabeth, Durban, Centurion, East London, Kimberley and Bloemfontein.
Pietersen and Flintoff, the two most expensive signings made at last month's IPL auction in Goa, along with England team-mates Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah (both playing for Delhi Daredevils) and Ravi Bopara (Kings XI Punjab), can only take part in the competition until 30 April because of international commitments.
It means they will be able to play a maximum of six matches each.
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