The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in association with Cricket South Africa (CSA) today confirmed that Indian team will tour to South Africa for three Tests and number of limited-overs matches early next year.
The Men in Blue on January 5 in Cape Town will begin their tour which will be followed by six-match ODI series and three Twenty20Is.
The BCCI Said "India will play South Africa in a three-match 'Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela' Test series, six-match One-Day International series, followed by three Twenty20 Internationals,"
The further details of two Tests, as well as limited -overs series, will be declared on later. The BCCI last month had informed CSA that India would not tour the country until the last week of this year as their home series against Sri Lanka would only end on December 24.
From March 1 Australia will be playing a four-match Test series in South Africa.
The Indian team is currently playing a five-match series against Australia. The second ODI is underway while in the first ODI Australia lost in front of India. Thus, India is leading the series with 1-0.
Team Squad for ODI series:
India:
Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli(captain), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(wk), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Lokesh Rahul
Australia:
David Warner, Hilton Cartwright, Steven Smith(captain), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(wk), James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Zampa, Aaron Finch, Kane Richardson, Peter Handscomb, Ashton Agar.
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