Cricket: How to watch the India tour of South Africa live
India's men will tour South Africa from 10 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 for a multi-format series made up of three T20Is followed by three ODIs before culminating in two Tests.
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Two of the biggest nations in men's cricket go head-to-head in a multi-format series to end 2023 and start 2024.
India travel to South Africa to compete in all three main forms of the sport: Twenty20 (T20) Games, One Day Internationals, and five day Test Matches.
The Freedom Series will kick-off in Durban on 10 December for the first of three T20 Internationals. India are ranked world number one, while the Proteas are ranked sixth in the rankings.
India will have high hopes in the shortest format of the game following their recent 4-1 series win over Australia on the subcontinent.
The T20s will be followed by three ODIs. India were the runners-up from the recent Cricket World Cup on home soil, while South Africa lost in the semi-final of that event.
The tour will culminate with two Test matches, with the traditional Boxing Day Test in Centurion before the two sides cross swords again in the longest form of the game in the New Year. The Test matches are a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.
South Africa has opted to rest some of their top players – for the T20s and the One-Day Internationals – including regular captain Temba Bavuma and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada. Many of the stalwarts will, however, return to boost the Proteas' stocks for first-class cricket. Aiden Markram will wear the captain's armband in Bavuma's absence for the limited-over matches
India will follow a similar recipe with some of their mainstays such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Hardik Pandya taking a break from white-ball cricket. The squad will be back to full strength for the two Test matches.
South Africa squads for the multi-format series:
South Africa T20I squad for India series 2023
Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee (1st and 2ndT20Is), Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen (1st and 2nd T20Is), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi (1st and 2nd T20Is), Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, and Lizaad Williams
South Africa ODI squad for India series 2023
Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Nandre Burger, Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Mihlali Mpongwana, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne and Lizaad Williams
South Africa Test squad for India series 2023/24
Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne
India squads for the multi-format series:
India T20I squad for series in South Africa 2023
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.
India ODI squad for series in South Africa 2023
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (c)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.
India Test squad for series in South Africa 2023/24
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Prasidh Krishna.
India tour of South Africa multi-format series - Fixtures
Where to watch the India tour of South Africa multi-format series
Live streaming of all multi-format series matches in India’s tour of South Africa will be on on the Star Sports Network TV channels and streamed live on Disney+ Hotstar in India.
The Proteas' home matches will be shown live in South Africa on SuperSport on television and via their live streaming service.
Coverage will be available on TV channels in other regions, including Sky Sports in the UK.