The BCCI announced India squads for the 3-match T20I, 3-match ODI, and 2 Test matches. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not be a part of the T20I and ODI series both will return to the Test series.
Suryakumar Yadav will lead the T20I squad and see the return of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj. The first T20I match will be played on 10th December at Durban, followed by 2nd one on 12th December at Port Elizabeth and the final one to be played on 14th at Wanders, Johannesburg.
Indian T20I squad:
Yashavi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Jitesh Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
After the 3 T20I matches, the Indian team will take on South Africa in the 3-match ODI series. KL Rahul would lead side with some new faces including Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson Sai Sudhrasan, and other top-quality bowlers.
The three ODI matches will be played on 17th, 19th, and 21st December 2023. It promises to be an exciting battle Men in Blue would look to take revenge for the 0-3 loss in the previous series.
India’s ODI squad:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C), Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
The Indian team will take on South Africa in 2 Test matches which is a part of the 23-25 World Test Championship cycle. It promises to be an exciting battle as Men in Blue will see the return of Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer. Rohit Sharma would lead the side.
The first Test match would be played on 26th December at Centurion while the 2nd match would be featured on 3rd January at Cape Town.
Indian Test squad to face South Africa
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashavi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna.
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