On December 6, the Indian cricket team departed for South Africa, where they are scheduled to play matches in all three formats. The tour includes three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Tests against South Africa.
In their prior visit to South Africa in 2021-22, India faced defeat in the three-match Test series by 2-1 and suffered a 3-0 whitewash in the ODI series. They aim for an improved performance in the upcoming tour.
On Wednesday, the Indian cricket team’s departure for the South Africa tour from Bengaluru was captured in a video shared by the news agency PTI on their official handle.
VIDEO | Indian cricket team left for South Africa from Bengaluru earlier today. The Indian team will tour South Africa from December 10 to January 7 to play 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 2 Tests.#INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/ez4mBMaR5k
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 6, 2023
Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Men in Blue in the T20Is, KL Rahul will lead in the ODIs, and Rohit Sharma, rested for the white-ball leg along with Virat Kohli, will captain the team in the two Test matches during the South Africa tour.
The 2023-24 India tour of South Africa kicks off with the initial T20I at Kingsmead, Durban, on December 10, followed by matches at St George’s Park in Gqeberha on December 12 and the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on December 14.
Following the T20Is, the tour proceeds with three ODIs. The initial ODI will take place in Johannesburg on December 17, followed by the second and third ODIs in Gqeberha and Boland Park in Paarl on December 19 and December 21, respectively.
India is set to play two Test matches in the final phase of their tour to South Africa. The first Test will take place at SuperSport Park in Centurion from December 26 to 30, and the second Test is scheduled at Newlands in Cape Town from January 3 to 7.
India’s Team for South Africa tour
Here are the three squads for India’s tour of South Africa 2023-24:
T20I squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
ODI squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Mukesh Kumar, KL Rahul (C & wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
Test squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mukesh Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami (subject to fitness), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
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