South Africa will tour India in November to play a 2-Test, 3-ODI and 5-match T20 series. It will start with the Test series, the first match of which will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata between November 14 and November 18. Cricket South Africa has announced its team for the Test series against India.

This will be Shubman Gill’s second home Test series as Test captain, before this Gill and the team had won the 2-match Test series 2-0 at home against West Indies. South Africa ended its last Test series with a 1-1 draw with Pakistan, the first match of which was won by Pakistan and the second by South Africa.

Aiden Markram was handling the captaincy in the absence of Temba Bavuma in the Test series against Pakistan, but Bavuma has returned against India. It was under the captaincy of Bavuma that South Africa won the ICC World Test Championship title this year by defeating Australia in the final.

South Africa Test Squad

Temba Bavuma (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Zubair Hamza, Keshav Maharaj, Ryan Rickelton, Tony De Zorzi, Senuran Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs. Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Verne, Wiaan Mulder, Simon Harmer.

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT

The South African Men’s selection panel has announced the 15-player squad for the two-match Test series against India from 14 – 26 November in the subcontinent.

Test captain Temba Bavuma returns to the side after missing the recent Pakistan Test series… pic.twitter.com/dOGTELaXUu

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) October 27, 2025

South Africa has not won a test series in India for 26 years

This will be the 8th time that South Africa is coming to India to play a Test series, before this the team has come to India 7 times where India has won 4 series and South Africa has won 1 series. 2 series has ended in a draw. South Africa won the last and only Test series on the India tour in 1990, after that the team came to India 5 times to play the Test series but could never win.

India vs South Africa Test Schedule

first test

• date- 14 to 18 November
• Venue- Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata
• Time- from 9:30 am

second test

• date- 22 to 26 November
• Venue- Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
• Time- from 9:30 am