After the home series against New Zealand where the Indian team won the T20 series 3-0 and followed it up with a 1-0 test series win. The Indian team was just one wicket short of victory in the 1st Kanpur test but with Virat Kohli taking the reign of the team in the 2nd test in Mumbai, the men in blue proved too good for the visitors to win the test by 372 runs.
The Indian team will next tour South Africa for a full fledged series which starts with the three match test series starting on boxing day (26 December). South Africa remains the only fortress where the men in blue have never won a test series and the history may change this time around. India lost the test series 2-1 when they last toured the rainbow country but the scoreline didn’t really looked justified as the visitors played some really good cricket but the scoreline just didn’t reflect in their favour.
Schedule
Test series-
1st test at SuperSport Park, Centurion- Dec 26 – Dec 30 from 1.30 PM IST and 10:00 Local time
2nd test at The Wanderers, Johannesburg- Jan 3 – Jan 7 from 1.30 PM IST and 10:00 Local time
3rd test at The Newlands, Cape Town- Jan 11 – Jan 15 from 2 PM IST and 10:30 Local time
ODIs-
1st ODI at Boland Park, Paarl- Jan 19 from 2 PM IST and 10:30 Local time
2nd ODI at Boland Park, Paarl- Jan 21 from 2 PM IST and 10:30 Local time
3rd ODI at Newlands, Cape Town- Jan 23 from 2 PM IST and 10:30 Local time
India’s Test squad:
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), 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.
Squads
India’s Test squad:
Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), 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
South Africa’s Test squad:
Dean Elgar, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, 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.
India’s ODI squad:
Rohit Sharma(Captain)
Live streaming and where to watch on TV
Viewers in India can live stream the series on Hotstar mobile application and official website. Star Sports Network will broadcast the action live on your television.
