South African player Quinton de Kock, who will be leading the Proteas in the 3-match T20 series starting from September 15 has warned players to "prepare for the worst" ahead of the India tour.

"From our side what we are going to make sure that we prepare for the worst... to be honest, I don’t know what we are going to get. In T20s I don’t think it will spin that much because in the IPL they prepare pretty good wickets," Quinton de Kock said.

Following the three T20s, Proteas will gear up for 3 match test series with the first game to begin from October 2 in Visakhapatnam.

Speaking on test matches, Quinton de Kock said, "...Test matches are a different story and it could end up turning on day one. It is more of a mental thing and not being caught up too much on whether it is spinning or not that is what it boils down to.”

Remembering not so great performance by Proteas players against India in test matches four years ago when they lost the series 0-3, he said, “We will keep our eyes open and make sure that we are a little bit better than last time. I am not sure if they are going to prepare similar or better wickets than the last time we were there.”

"The last time we were there the guys didn’t really expect those type of surfaces but this time around we will have a little bit of head start about that."