India Tour Of South Africa 2021

The India National Cricket Team visited South Africa in the 2021-22 season for a multi-format series. The India tour to South Africa 2021 consisted of three Tests and as many ODIs. The India tour of South Africa 2021 began with the Test series.

India began the series with a fine win in the first Test. They thrashed the Proteas by 113 runs to register their first-ever win at the Centurion Park. After the Test, South Africa wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock announced his retirement from Tests with immediate effect. The hosts won the second Test by seven wickets to level the series.

South Africa won the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium and registered their first Test win over India at the venue. In the third and final Test, South Africa once again emerged victorious by seven wickets to win the series 2-1. After the series ended, Virat Kohli stepped down as the captain of the Test team.

Buoyed by the win in the Test series, South Africa inflicted a whitewash on India in the three-match ODI series. They won the first game by 31 runs thanks to an unbeaten century by Rassie van der Dussen. They won the second game by seven wickets to take an unassailable lead in the series before winning the third and final game by four runs.

India tour of South Africa 2021 Squads:

India 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 Test squad:

Dean Elgar (Captain), Temba Bavuma (vc), Quinton de Kock (wk), 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 ODI squad:

India Squad: KL Rahul (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Jayant Yadav, Navdeep Saini.

South Africa ODI squad:

Temba Bavuma (C), Zubayr Hamza, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Quinton de Kock, Kyle Verreynne, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.

India tour of South Africa 2021 Schedule:

26–30 December 2021 : 1st Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion
3–7 January 2022 : 2nd Test at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
11–15 January 2022 : 3rd Test at Newlands Cricket Ground, Durban - 01: 30 PM IST

19 January 2022: 1st ODI at Boland Park, Paarl
21 January 2022: 2nd ODI at Boland Park, Paarl
23 January 2022: 3rd ODI at Newlands Cricket Ground