South Africa vs India – T20 series: Match times, squads, head-to-head, news

The wounds of a achy nonaccomplishment astatine the ICC T20 World Cup final volition inactive beryllium caller for South Africa arsenic they look their conquerors India successful a four-match T20 bid astatine location starting connected Friday.

More than 4 months whitethorn person passed since India’s comeback victory, which sealed their 2nd T20 satellite rubric successful Barbados, but the South African broadside volition beryllium hurting for letting gaffe what could person been their archetypal ICC World Cup trophy.

A batch has changed since June 29, with a fig of Indian stalwarts making their exit from the game’s shortest format and the champions continuing a near-perfect winning streak successful T20 internationals nether caller skipper Suryakumar Yadav.

Amid the nonaccomplishment of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja to retirement, arsenic good arsenic the lack of Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant owed to Test cricket duties, India’s adjacent procreation of players person made their name successful the 3 T20 bid since July.

Meanwhile, South Africa person had a mediocre tally successful their 2 bid since the final, losing each 3 games distant to the West Indies and 1 against Ireland.

The Proteas, too, person played a fig of caller faces successful their caller limited-overs bid but Aiden Markram remains their T20 captain.

Both teams and, indeed, each apical nations astir the world, volition look to rebuild for the adjacent T20 World Cup, which is conscionable implicit a twelvemonth away.

The satellite champions volition get a accidental to support their rubric astatine location successful the February-March ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to beryllium played successful India and Sri Lanka.

For now, though, the absorption volition beryllium connected South Africa’s quality to bounce backmost from a fig of mediocre results and whether India tin proceed their blistery winning streak distant from home.

What’s the afloat lucifer docket of the India-South Africa T20 series?

• Match 1: Friday, November 8 astatine 5pm (15:00 GMT) successful Kingsmead, Durban
• Match 2: Sunday, November 10 astatine 4pm (14:00 GMT) astatine St George’s Park, Gqeberha
• Match 3: Wednesday, November 13 astatine 5pm (15:00 GMT) astatine SuperSport Park, Centurion
• Match 4: Friday, November 15 astatine 5pm (15:00 GMT) astatine The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

How tin I travel the South Africa vs India T20 series?

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India vs South Africa: T20 head-to-head record

The 27 T20 encounters betwixt the 2 sides person been astir even, with India winning 15 games – including the World Cup last – and South Africa 11. One crippled ended successful a “no result” owed to a washout.

Both teams won a crippled apiece erstwhile the Proteas past hosted India successful a bilateral T20 bid successful December.

Indian nationalist cricket squad grooming 1 time up of their opening T20 lucifer against South Africa astatine Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium connected November 7, 2024 successful Durban, South Africa [Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images]

Form guide: South Africa

The hosts’ fortunes successful the T20 format person taken a deed since the June 29 last nonaccomplishment successful Barbados, arsenic they person won lone 1 of their 5 T20 planetary matches.

Last 5 results: L W L L L

Form guide: India

The satellite champions are connected a 10-game winning streak successful the T20 format, with a daze nonaccomplishment distant to Zimbabwe successful July being the lone blot connected their 23-match grounds successful 2024.

Last 5 results: W W W W W

Team news: South Africa

Markram continues to pb the broadside arsenic they look to rebuild up of the adjacent T20 World Cup without the swashbuckling top-order batter-wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, who hung up his boots successful June.

The fast-bowling duo of Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen person returned to the squad aft wounded lay-offs with Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj and David Miller besides backmost but Kagiso Rabada has been rested.

All-rounder Mihlali Mpongwana, 24, has received his maiden call-up.

The Proteas person plentifulness of powerfulness hitters, including Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen and Tristan Stubbs.

Squad: Aiden Markram (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla, Tristan Stubbs

Team news: India

India are acceptable to manus debuts to batter Ramandeep Singh, arsenic good arsenic pacers Vijaykumar Vyshak and Yash Dayal.

Three players – Riyan Parag, Mayank Yadav and Shivam Dube – who were portion of the location T20 bid against Bangladesh are retired owed to injuries.

Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.