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On Thursday, November 30, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced Team India squads for the upcoming multi-format series against South Africa. The Men in Blue will travel to the Rainbow nation for three-match T20I series, followed by a three-match ODI series and two Tests from December 10, 2023 until January 7, 2024.
While the tour will begin at Kingsmead in Durban with the first T20I, St George’s Park (Gqeberha) and New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg will host the second and third T20I respectively. The series will then shift to 50-over format with the first being played at the New Wanderers Stadium, followed by a match each at St George’s Park and Boland Park (Paarl). Before the Men in Blue head back to India, the sides will also play two-match Test series, each in Centurion and Cape Town.
Talking about the squads across formats, Rohit Sharma will continue to lead the side in Tests, while KL Rahul will be India’s stand-in captain in three-match ODI series in Hardik Pandya’s absence, who continue to recovery from the ankle injury he sustained during the ODI World Cup 2023 in India. However, Suryakumar Yadav will continue to lead in the T20Is.
India squads for South Africa tour 2023-24
T20Is: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Shreyas lyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas lyer, KL Rahul (C) (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
Tests: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas lyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
