South Africa has announced its 15-member squad for the Test series on the Indian tour. The South African team’s India tour will run from 14 November to 19 December. 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and five T20 matches will be played between the two teams. The African team has currently announced its Test squad, in which captain Temba Bavuma has returned. Bavuma was injured during the ODI series against England last month.

South African team captain Temba Bavuma has been single-handedly overpowering big teams. Bavuma’s figures in Tests as captain have been very good. Under his captaincy, South Africa defeated Australia and won the World Test Championship title.

5 and a half feet tall player, trouble for Team India

Temba Bavuma’s height is 5 feet 4 inches, which is not even 5 and a half feet, but his figures are much higher than his height. As captain, Temba Bavuma has not lost any test match yet. Under his captaincy, South Africa won 9 out of 10 test matches and drew one. The South African team recently held Pakistan to a 1-1 draw in the Test series at their home. Aiden Markram was captaining the African team in that series.

Temba Bavuma is also in great form personally. In 9 innings of the last three Test series, Bavuma has scored 606 runs at an excellent average of 67.3. During this period he has also played 2 century innings. Tony de Georgi, Senuran Muthuswamy and Keshav Maharaj are also doing well in the series against Pakistan.

South Africa’s Test squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brewis, Tony DeGeorge, Zubair Hamza, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne.

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IND A vs SA A Test And ODI Series: South Africa has announced its A team for the India tour. On this tour, 2 Test and 3 ODI matches will be played between the A teams of India and South Africa. South Africa has announced the team for both these series only. This tour of South Africa will start from October 30.

Team for test series

Marques Ackerman, Temba Bavuma (captain), Okuhle Cele, Zubair Hamzah, Jordan Harman, Rubin Harman, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Tshepo Moreki, Mihalali Mpongwana, Lesego Senokwane, Prenelon Subrayane, Kyle Simmonds, Tshepo Ndwandwa, Jason Smith, Tian Van Vuuren, Cody Yusuf.

Team for ODI series

Marques Ackerman, Otniel Baartman, Bjorn Fortuyn, Jordan Herman, Rubin Herman, Kwena Mfaka, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Tshepo Moreki, Mihalali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Delano Potgieter, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Sinethemba Keshile, Jason Smith and Cody Joseph.

Temba Bavuma returns to test

These unofficial test matches will be played between the teams of India and South Africa, but still Temba Bavuma will command the South African team. The reason behind this is that South African captain Temba Bavuma is returning to the Test team after about 4.5 months. Bavuma played his last Test match between June 11-14, 2025. Now he is going to be seen in the second match against India A in the Test series starting from October 30. Marques Ackerman will command the team in the first test match.

Schedule of India-South Africa matches

The first 4-day Test between India A and South Africa A will be played from October 30. The second unofficial test will be held between 6th and 9th November. Both these matches will be played at the BCCI Center of Excellence. After this, the ODI series will start between the players of both the countries, in which three ODIs will be played between 13 and 19 November. All these three matches between the A teams of India and South Africa will be held in Rajkot.

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