The cricketing action hasn't abated after India's heartbreaking loss in the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. A young-looking Men In Blue outfit is currently facing Australia in a five-match T20I series at home. Soon after, the caravan will roll on to South Africa for a full-fledged tour involving duels in all three formats. (Cricket News)
India's tour of South Africa 2023-24 will feature three T20Is, three ODIs and two Test matches. The T20Is and ODIs will be played between December 10 and 21, before the attention shifts to Test cricket. The first Test will commence on 26 December in Centurion’s SuperSport Park, and the second five-day game will start on 3 January, in Cape Town’s Newlands Cricket Ground.
The India vs South Africa T20I series will serve as a pre-cursor to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in June. With Rahul Dravid confirmed to continue as India head coach, this will be his first assignment upon contract renewal. Dravid will aim to lock in the team combination and keep a close watch on performances of youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan in the run-up to the mega event, which will be jointly held in the United States and West Indies.
Senior pros Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be missing from the IND vs RSA T20I series as they have asked to be rested for the white-ball leg of the tour. Both of them will however be back in action for the two Test matches.
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Here is India's full squad for the three T20Is versus the Proteas:
India squad: 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, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
Head-To-Head Records
India have played South Africa in 24 T20I matches so far, and won 13 of them. The Proteas have emerged victors 10 times, while one match ended without a result. In the last five encounters, both India and South Africa have won two each, with one game - the decider in a five-match T20I series in 2022 - washed out in Bengaluru.
Below are the schedule, venues and live-streaming details of the upcoming South Africa vs India T20I series.
When and where will the India vs South Africa T20I series be played?
The IND vs RSA T20I series will be played from December 10 to December 14, 2023 in South Africa. Here is the full itinerary (all timings in IST):
1st T20I: Sunday, December 10 in Kingsmead, Durban at 9:30pm.
2nd T20I: Tuesday, December 12 in St George's Park, Gqeberha at 9:30pm.
3rd T20I: Thursday, December 14 at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg at 9:30pm.
On which TV channels will the T20I matches be telecast live?
The T20I series will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network in India.
Where will the matches be live streamed?
The matches will be live streamed on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.
