The Indiana Pacers will play in the first NBA games held in India during the 2019 preseason, the league announced.

The Pacers and Sacramento Kings will play in Mumbai at the NSCI Dome on Oct. 4 and 5.

"We are thrilled to be one of the first two teams to play the first-ever game in India and proud to be part of the expanding NBA worldwide footprint of our game of basketball," Pacers owner Herbert Simon said in a release.

"Our inaugural NBA India Games will help further untap the enormous basketball potential in a country with a thriving sports culture and a growing, young and engaged population," added NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. "We thank the Kings and Pacers organizations for participating in this historic event."

The Pacers lost to the Denver Nuggets 140-112 on Jan. 12, 2017 in London. The Pacers also participated in NBA preseason games in Manila and the Philippines, playing the Rockets in October 2013.

The NBA India Games 2019 will be the first games played in India by a North American sports league, according to the release. The league announced there would also be interactive fan activities, Jr. NBA youth basketball programming and NBA Cares outreach events. NBA and WNBA players have been visiting India since 2006 and the league opened an office in Mumbai in 2011.

The Kings' majority owner, Vivek Ranadivé, is from Mumbai. He is the first Indian-born majority owner in the NBA.