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Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2023–24
	South Africa	India
Dates	10 December 2023 – 7 January 2024
Captains	Temba Bavuma (Tests) Aiden Markram (ODIs & T20Is)	Rohit Sharma (Tests) KL Rahul (ODIs) Suryakumar Yadav (T20Is)
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Dean Elgar (201)	Virat Kohli (172)
Most wickets	Nandre Burger (11) Kagiso Rabada (11)	Jasprit Bumrah (12)
Player of the series	Dean Elgar (SA) Jasprit Bumrah (Ind)
One Day International series
Results	India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Tony de Zorzi (228)	Sai Sudharsan (127)
Most wickets	Beuran Hendricks (5) Nandre Burger (5)	Arshdeep Singh (10)
Player of the series	Arshdeep Singh (Ind)
Twenty20 International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Reeza Hendricks (57)	Suryakumar Yadav (156)
Most wickets	Gerald Coetzee (3) Lizaad Williams (3)	Kuldeep Yadav (6)
Player of the series	Suryakumar Yadav (Ind)

The Indian cricket team toured South Africa from December 2023 to January 2024 to play three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches. The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. The T20I series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. On 14 July 2023, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule of the tour.

The T20I series was drawn 1–1, after first T20I was washed out due to rain.

India won the ODI series 2–1.

On 22 December 2023, South Africa's Dean Elgar announced that he would retire from the Tests after the Test series.

South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 32 runs. India went on to win the second Test by 7 wickets, and drew the Test series 1–1.

Squads

South Africa			India
Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
Temba Bavuma (c) David Bedingham Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Dean Elgar Zubayr Hamza Marco Jansen Aiden Markram Keshav Maharaj Wiaan Mulder Lungi Ngidi Keegan Petersen Kagiso Rabada Tristan Stubbs Kyle Verreynne (wk) Tony de Zorzi	Aiden Markram (c) Ottniel Baartman Nandre Burger Tony de Zorzi Beuran Hendricks Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Mihlali Mpongwana David Miller Wiaan Mulder Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Rassie van der Dussen Kyle Verreynne Lizaad Williams	Aiden Markram (c) Ottniel Baartman Nandre Burger Matthew Breetzke Gerald Coetzee Donovan Ferreira Beuran Hendricks Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj David Miller Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Lizaad Williams	Rohit Sharma (c) Jasprit Bumrah (vc) Ravichandran Ashwin KS Bharat (wk) Abhimanyu Easwaran Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Ravindra Jadeja Yashasvi Jaiswal Avesh Khan Ishan Kishan (wk) Virat Kohli Mukesh Kumar Prasidh Krishna KL Rahul (wk) Mohammed Shami Mohammed Siraj Shardul Thakur	KL Rahul (c, wk) Shreyas Iyer (vc) Deepak Chahar Yuzvendra Chahal Akash Deep Ruturaj Gaikwad Avesh Khan Mukesh Kumar Axar Patel Rajat Patidar Sanju Samson (wk) Arshdeep Singh Rinku Singh Sai Sudharsan Washington Sundar Tilak Varma Kuldeep Yadav	Suryakumar Yadav (c) Ravindra Jadeja (vc) Ravi Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Yashasvi Jaiswal Ishan Kishan (wk) Mukesh Kumar Jitesh Sharma (wk) Arshdeep Singh Rinku Singh Mohammed Siraj Washington Sundar Tilak Varma Kuldeep Yadav

South Africa's Gerald Coetzee, Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi were selected for the first two T20Is only. However, Ngidi was ruled out from the T20I series due to an injury and replaced by Beuran Hendricks.

On 16 December 2023, India's Mohammed Shami was ruled out of the test series due to an injury. India's Deepak Chahar was unavailable for the both ODI and T20I series citing family medical emergency. Chahar was replaced by Akash Deep in the ODI squad. Shreyas Iyer was also unavailable for the last two ODIs to prepare for the Test matches.

On 17 December 2023, India's Ishan Kishan was withdrawn from the test team for personal reasons expressed and was replaced by KS Bharat.

On 19 December 2023, Andile Phehlukwayo and Ottniel Baartman were ruled out of the last two ODIs due to injuries, with Beuran Hendricks was added to South Africa's squad.

On 22 December 2023, India's Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the test series due to an injury, with Abhimanyu Easwaran named as replacement.

For the second Test, Zubayr Hamza replaced injured Temba Bavuma in South Africa's squad, with Dean Elgar named captain for the match.

On 29 December 2023, Avesh Khan was added to India's squad for the second Test.

On 30 December 2023, South Africa's Gerald Coetzee was ruled out of the second Test due to an injury.

T20I Series

1st T20I

South Africa	v	India

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

2nd T20I

India  180/7 (19.3 overs)	v	South Africa 154/5 (13.5 overs)
Rinku Singh 68* (39) Gerald Coetzee 3/32 (3.3 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 49 (27) Mukesh Kumar 2/34 (3 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• South Africa were set a revised target of 152 runs in 15 overs due to rain.
• Suryakumar Yadav (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.

3rd T20I

India  201/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 95 (13.5 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 100 (56) Keshav Maharaj 2/26 (4 overs)		David Miller 35 (25) Kuldeep Yadav 5/17 (2.5 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Nandre Burger (SA) made his T20I debut.
• Suryakumar Yadav (Ind) became the joint-highest century scorer in T20Is (4).

ODI Series

1st ODI

South Africa  116 (27.3 overs)	v	India 117/2 (16.4 overs)
Andile Phehlukwayo 33 (49) Arshdeep Singh 5/37 (10 overs)		Sai Sudharsan 55* (43) Andile Phehlukwayo 1/15 (1 over)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nandre Burger (SA) and Sai Sudharsan (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
• Arshdeep Singh (Ind) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
• It was South Africa's lowest ODI total at home.

2nd ODI

India  211 (46.2 overs)	v	South Africa 215/2 (42.3 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 62 (83) Nandre Burger 3/30 (10 overs)		Tony de Zorzi 119* (122) Rinku Singh 1/2 (1 over)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Rinku Singh (Ind) made his ODI debut.
• Tony de Zorzi (SA) scored his first century in ODIs.

3rd ODI

India  296/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 218 (45.5 overs)
Sanju Samson 108 (114) Beuran Hendricks 3/63 (9 overs)		Tony de Zorzi 81 (87) Arshdeep Singh 4/30 (9 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Rajat Patidar (Ind) made his ODI debut.
• Sanju Samson (Ind) scored his maiden century in ODIs.

Test Series

1st Test

India	v	South Africa
245 (67.4 overs) KL Rahul 101 (137) Kagiso Rabada 5/59 (20 overs)		408 (108.4 overs) Dean Elgar 185 (287) Jasprit Bumrah 4/69 (26.4 overs)
131 (34.1 overs) Virat Kohli 76 (82) Nandre Burger 4/33 (10 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• David Bedingham, Nandre Burger (SA) and Prasidh Krishna (Ind) all made their Test debuts.
• World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, India –2

2nd Test

South Africa	v	India
55 (23.2 overs) Kyle Verreynne 15 (30) Mohammed Siraj 6/15 (9 overs)		153 (34.5 overs) Virat Kohli 46 (59) Lungi Ngidi 3/30 (6 overs)
176 (36.5 overs) Aiden Markram 106 (103) Jasprit Bumrah 6/61 (13.5 overs)		80/3 (12 overs) Yashasvi Jaiswal 28 (23) Marco Jansen 1/15 (2 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tristan Stubbs (SA) made his Test debut. He became the first player since Harry Butt in 1896 to be dismissed twice on the first day of his Test debut.
• Dean Elgar (SA) played in his last Test. He became the first player since Jack Barrett in 1890 to be dismissed twice on the same day in his final test match.
• South Africa's first innings total of 55 was the fewest runs India have conceded in a completed innings of a Test match.
• Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in Tests.
• This was the shortest Test in terms of balls bowled to end in a result (642).
• This was India's first ever Test win at the venue.
• World Test Championship points: India 12, South Africa 0

Notes

1. Dean Elgar captained South Africa in the second Test.

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External links

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