Suryakumar Yadav will lead India in the three-match T20I series against South Africa scheduled to begin from December 10 followed by three ODIs and two Tests to be played in Centurion (from December 26) and Cape Town (from January 3).
KL Rahul will captain the ODI squad.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli won’t be traveling for the ODI series as they have requested for rest from the board. Bowler Mohammed Shami’s availability is dependent on fitness, and he is currently undergoing medical treatment.
We give you the details available for each squad:
India ODI Squad
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Captain/(wicket keeper), Sanju Samson (wicket keeper), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
India T20I Squad
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja (Vice Captain), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
India Test Squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice Captain), Prasidh Krishna.
During the tour, India A will also play two four-day matches against South Africa A and one inter-squad three-day match and the respective squads have been announced for each.
India A squad for the 1st four-day match: Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Devdutt Padikkal, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sarfaraz Khan, KS Bharat (Captain/wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel, Shardul Thakur, Pulkit Narang, Sourabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Tushar Deshpande.
India Inter-squad three-day match: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Sarfaraz Khan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pulkit Narang, Harshit Rana, Shardul Thakur, Sourabh Kumar, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini.
India A squad for 3rd four-day match: Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran*, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, KS Bharat (Captain/wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar, Akash Deep, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Navdeep Saini.
Schedule of India tour of South Africa over Dec’23- Jan’24
1st T20I – December 10
2nd T20I – December 12
3rd T20I – December 14
1st ODI – December 17
2nd ODI – December 19
3rd ODI – December 21
1st Test – December 26-30
2nd Test – January 3-7
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