Rohit Sharma is set to captain Team India in the Test series for the upcoming South Africa tour. On the other hand, KL Rahul will lead the team in ODIs, and Suryakumar Yadav will take charge of the T20I side.
After his leadership in guiding the team to the final of the recently concluded World Cup at home, Rohit Sharma has been given a break from India’s shorter format. However, he is slated to lead the Indian Test team.
Currently, team India is facing in the five-match T20I Series Against Australia under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. After winning the first two T20Is, team India lost the third one by five wickets.
Indian test team for South Africa series:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashavi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), R Ashwin, Rabindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, M Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna
Indian ODI team for South Africa tour:
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 tour of South Africa schedule
T20Is
1st T20I – December 10, 2023 at 9:30
PM IST in Kingsmead, Durban
2nd T20I – December 12, 2023 at 9:30 PM IST in St George’s Park, Gqeberha
3rd T20I – December 14, 2023 at 9:30 PM IST in New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
ODIs
1st ODI – December 17, 2023 at 1:30 PM IST in New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
2nd ODI – December 19, 2023 at 4:30 PM IST in St George’s Park, Gqeberha
3rd ODI – December 21, 2023 at 4:30 PM IST in Boland Park, Paarl
Tests
1st Test – December 26-30, 2023 at 1:30 PM IST in SuperSport Park, Centurion
2nd Test – January 3-7, 2024 at 2:00 PM IST in Newlands, Cape Town
