This winter Indians are touring South Africa and intend to perform their best to win against SA for the first time. All India Senior Selection Committee has selected the 18-member squad for the Test and ODI series against SA. India vs South Africa kickstarts on 26 December and ends on 23rd January. Rohit Sharma is heading the team as the new captain for the three ODIs. Virat Kohli has been the captain for the two test matches. Also, Rohit replaces Ajinkya Rahane as Test Vice-captain.

Big battle between India and South Africa (Times Now)

India vs SA Tour Dates (YouTube)
Check out the details for India vs South Africa – 3 Test Matches and 3 ODIs!
3 Test Matches
Dec 26, Sun – Dec 30, Thurs | SA vs IND, 1st Test
IND 327 & 174 SA 197 & 191 Target 305 IND won by 113 runs
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1:30 PM
08:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM LOCAL
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SuperSport Park, Centurion |
Jan 03, Mon – Jan 06, Thurs | SA vs IND, 2nd Test
IND 202 & 266 SA 229 & 243/3 Target 240 SA won by 7 wickets |
1:30 PM
08:00 AM GMT / 10:00 AM LOCAL
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The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
Jan 11, Tue – Jan 14, Fri | SA vs IND, 3rd Test
IND 223 & 198 SA 210 & 212/3 Target 212 SA won by 7 wickets |
2:00 PM
08:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
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Newlands, Cape Town |
“SA wins the Test Series by 2-1”
India Test team: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Jayant Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Md. Siraj.
Standby Players: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Arzan Nagwaswalla.

Indian test team for South Africa (India Today)
South Africa’s Test squad: Dean Elgar, Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Sarel Erwee, Beuran Hendricks, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Anrich Nortje, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Glenton Stuurman, Prenelan Subrayen, Sisanda Magala, Ryan Rickelton, Duanne Olivier.
3 ODIs
Jan 19, Wed | SA vs IND, 1st ODI
SA 296/4 (50) IND 265/8 (50) SA won by 31 runs |
2:00 PM
08:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
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Boland Park, Paarl |
Jan 21, Fri | SA vs IND, 2nd ODI
IND 287/6 (50) SA 288/3 (48.1) SA won by 7 wickets |
2:00 PM
08:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCAL
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Boland Park, Paarl |
Jan 23, Sun | SA vs IND, 3rd ODI
SA 287 (49.5) IND 283 (49.2) SA won by 4 runs |
2:00 PM
08:30 AM GMT / 10:30 AM LOCA |
Newlands, Cape Town |

India’s Virat Kohli and SA’s Temba Bavuma (Jagran Josh)
“SA wins 3-0 in ODIs”
India ODI Team: KL Rahul (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini.
South Africa ODI Team: Temba Bavuma (C), Zubayr Hamza, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Verreynne, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Watch out for the India vs South Africa series only on Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar from 26 December till 23rd January! Stay tuned!


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