Team India has left for a month-long tour to South Africa for an exciting T20, ODI and Test series. The team will gear up its preparations for the T20 World Cup next year in the United States and West Indies, as well as kick off its campaign for the World Test Championship.
Both teams will play 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 2 tests in December and January.
Both teams had a long World Cup campaign, where South Africa ended up losing to Australia in the semi-finals, while India lost to Australia in the finals. South Africa dominated India’s previous tour (2021-22), where it defeated India by 2-1 in the test series, and later on clean sweep the ODI series.
However, this time India will be in a mood to settle the score and assert their dominance on the host in their backyard.
Schedule and Venue
1st T20: Sunday, 10th December, Kingsmead, Durban (9:30 p.m. IST)
2nd T20: Tuesday, 12th December, St. George’s Oval, Port Elizabeth (9:30 p.m. IST)
3rd T20: Thursday, 14th December, Wanderers, Johannesburg (9:30 p.m. IST)
1st ODI: Sunday, 17th December, Wanderers, Johannesburg (1:30 p.m.IST)
2nd ODI: Tuesday, 19th December, St. George’s Oval, Port Elizabeth (4:30 p.m. IST)
3rd ODI: Thursday, 21st December, Boland Park, Paarl (4:30 p.m. IST)
1st Test: Tuesday, 26th December-30th December, SuperSport Park, Centurion (1:30 p.m.IST)
2nd Test: Wednesday, 3rd January-7th January, Newlands, Cape Town (2:00 p.m. IST)
Where to watch
India’s tour of South Africa will be telecasted on the channels of Star Sports and streamed online on Disney+Hotstar.
T20I squad
India
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar
South Africa
South Africa T20I squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee (1st and 2ndT20Is), Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen (1st and 2nd T20Is), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi (1st and 2nd T20Is), Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, and Lizaad Williams
ODI squad
India
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C & wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar
South Africa
Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Mihlali Mpongwana, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne and Lizaad Williams
Test squad
India
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami (subject to fitness), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne