The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced India’s squads for the upcoming tour of South Africa. The tour will consist of three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Test matches.
White-ball squads
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will not be a part of the white-ball squad for this tour. Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer will be making a comeback to the ODI squad after long injuries. Ajinkya Rahane has been axed from the Test squad.
Jasprit Bumrah is another big name who would not be a part of the white-ball formats in South Africa. He will join the squad for the two-match Test series starting December 26.
Full schedule
Here is the full schedule for the tour:
T20Is:
December 10, 2023: Kingsmead, Durban
December 12, 2023: St George’s Park, Gqeberha
December 14, 2023: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
ODIs:
December 17, 2023: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
December 19, 2023: St George’s Park, Gqeberha
December 21, 2023: Boland Park, Paarl
Tests:
December 26-30, 2023: SuperSport Park, Centurion
January 3-7, 2024: Newlands, Cape Town
India’s squad for 3 T20Is vs South Africa: 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, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
India’s squad for 3 ODIs vs South Africa: 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.
India’s squad for 2 Tests vs South Africa: 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, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
Additional details
Suryakumar Yadav will lead the T20I squad.
KL Rahul will captain the ODI squad.
Rohit Sharma will retain the leadership role in the Test series.
Mohammed Shami’s availability for the two-match Test series is subject to fitness.
KL Rahul was listed as a wicketkeeper in the Test squad.
