South Africa v India Dec 10, 2023- Jan 4, 2024 3 T20s 3 ODIs 2 Tests

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Schedule for the series:

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

 

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South Africa T20I squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee (1st and 2ndT20Is), Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen (1st and 2nd T20Is), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi (1st and 2nd T20Is), Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, and Lizaad Williams

South Africa ODI squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Mihlali Mpongwana, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne and Lizaad Williams

South Africa Test squad: Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne

 

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Bit weird that South Africa made the decision to drop Verreynne for Klassen for their last Test series when Verreynne was one of their best bats only to now drop Klassen for Verreynne after 2 Tests.

 

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Indian Squads / Best XI

	T20I				ODI				Test
1​	Ruturaj			1​	Rahul (c) (+)			1​	Rohit (c)
2​	Shubman	Yash		2​	Ruturaj	Sai		2​	Ruturaj	Yash
3​	Sky (c)			3​	Tilak			3​	Shubman
4​	Shreyas	Tilak		4​	Shreyas	Rajat		4​	Virat
5​	Ishan (+)	Jitesh (+)		5​	Sanju (+)			5​	Shreyas
6​	Rinku			6​	Rinku			6​	Rahul (+)	Ishan (+)
7​	Jadeja	Washington		7​	Axar	Washington		7​	Jadeja
8​	Deepak			8​	Deepak			8​	Ashwin	Thakur
9​	Bishnoi	Kuldeep		9​	Mukesh	Avesh		9​	Bumrah
10​	Mukesh	Arshdeep		10​	Kuldeep	Yuzi		10​	Shami	Mukesh
11​	Siraj			11​	Arshdeep			11​	Siraj	Prasidh

 

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Indian Squads / Best XI

	T20I				ODI				Test
1​	Ruturaj			1​	Rahul (c) (+)			1​	Rohit (c)
2​	Shubman	Yash		2​	Ruturaj	Sai		2​	Ruturaj	Yash
3​	Sky (c)			3​	Tilak			3​	Shubman
4​	Shreyas	Tilak		4​	Shreyas	Rajat		4​	Virat
5​	Ishan (+)	Jitesh (+)		5​	Sanju (+)			5​	Shreyas
6​	Rinku			6​	Rinku			6​	Rahul (+)	Ishan (+)
7​	Jadeja	Washington		7​	Axar	Washington		7​	Jadeja
8​	Deepak			8​	Deepak			8​	Ashwin	Thakur
9​	Bishnoi	Kuldeep		9​	Mukesh	Avesh		9​	Bumrah
10​	Mukesh	Arshdeep		10​	Kuldeep	Yuzi		10​	Shami	Mukesh
11​	Siraj			11​	Arshdeep			11​	Siraj	Prasidh

There'd have to be a change in strategy from the Indian management for Ashwin and Jadeja to play together in SENA countries. Haven't done it since the 2021 WTC final. They've been going 4 quicks + Jadeja since then apart from when Jadeja was injured where they went 4 quicks + Ashwin.

 

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There'd have to be a change in strategy from the Indian management for Ashwin and Jadeja to play together in SENA countries. Haven't done it since the 2021 WTC final. They've been going 4 quicks + Jadeja since then apart from when Jadeja was injured where they went 4 quicks + Ashwin.

Ashwin is a hell of a lot better than Shardul. If Hardik was in the squad he'd go straight in to the Best XI.
We need to find a better medium pacer ar than Shardul, in my opinion

 

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Game 2 , SA won toss and elected to field:

Teams:

South Africa (Playing XI): Matthew Breetzke, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

 

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Gone Jaiswal has to go first over. Big Marco Jansen with an early wicket in the 2nd T20I

 

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Overcast conditions here .

And Jansen could have easily had a 2nd wicket in the opening over.

 

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South Africa all over India in the 2nd T20I early here.

 

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Also, along side this series. There are two FC games happening between South Africa A and India A.

Day 1 of the first game was washed out

SA-A vs IND-A Live score - India A tour of South Africa 2023 December 11 - 14, 2023 1st unofficial Test in Potchefstroom

South Africa A vs India A live cricket score, SA v IND [ A ] 2023, 1st unofficial Test at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom. Get live score, ball by ball commentary, scorecard, match updates.

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Have to respect the wicket and conditions here. This isn't India. Interested to see how India go about building an innings today.

 

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Its only a couple of overs early here but it seems that the wicket has that extra added bounce , which may trouble India a bit here today.

 

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Head to Head in T20Is

India 13, South Africa 10, N/R 1

 

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India in all sorts of bother early here


that LBW did look plum on first look from L Williams.

 

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Shubman Gill departs for a duck

And India sink further to 6/2 after 2.0 overs.

 

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Good little counter punch here from Tilak. Jansen goes for 14 in his 2nd.

 

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Over isn't finished. Jansen with a no ball.

 

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19 off Jansens 2nd over.

 

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Coetzee v Surykumar Yadav on a Tuesday night. How good does this get?

 

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Thats a beauty from Suryakumar Yadav off Coetzee. Got every bit of that .

 

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15 off Coetzees first over. Sky took a liking for him.

 

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Gerald Coetzee loved that one!

He gets his first wicket and its been a tremendous bounce back over this 2nd over from him after getting spanked in that first over.

 

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Don't tell Gerald Coetzee doesn't love repping his country on the world stage

 

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Ever since when did they have strategy breaks in international T20s?