India have a largely settled side, while this series may give us our first glimpse of the kind of XI SA hope to play in the 2026 tournament
| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Suryakumar Yadav (c) | Batter |
| Shubman Gill | Top-order batter |
| Abhishek Sharma | Batting allrounder |
| Arshdeep Singh | Bowler |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
| Shivam Dube | Allrounder |
| Harshit Rana | Bowler |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| Hardik Pandya | Allrounder |
| Axar Patel | Allrounder |
| Sanju Samson † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Jitesh Sharma † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Tilak Varma | Batting allrounder |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler |
| Washington Sundar | Bowling allrounder |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIND |  | 283/1 | beat | 148 |  | SASA | 15/11/24 | India tour of South Africa 2024/25 |
| INDIND | | 219/6 | beat | 208/7 | | SASA | 13/11/24 | India tour of South Africa 2024/25 |
| INDIND | | 124/6 | lost to | 128/7 | | SASA | 10/11/24 | India tour of South Africa 2024/25 |
| INDIND | | 202/8 | beat | 141 | | SASA | 08/11/24 | India tour of South Africa 2024/25 |
| INDIND | | 176/7 | beat | 169/8 | | SASA | 29/06/24 | ICC Men's T20 World Cup |
India have a largely settled side, while this series may give us our first glimpse of the kind of XI SA hope to play in the 2026 tournament
Returning to the SA fold for the first time since March, he says the time away has left him clearer about the next phase of his career
Gill had suffered a neck injury during the first Test against SA, while Hardik had injured his left quadriceps during the Asia Cup
He had suffered a neck injury while batting during the Kolkata Test last month
