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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.[1] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.[2][3] The T20I series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[4] On 14 July 2023, Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule of the tour.[5][6]
| Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2023–24 | |||
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| South Africa | India | ||
| Dates | 10 December 2023 – 7 January 2024 | ||
| Captains |
Temba Bavuma[n 1] (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 T20I series was drawn 1–1, after first T20I was washed out due to rain.[7]
India won the ODI series 2–1.[8]
On 22 December 2023, South Africa's Dean Elgar announced that he would retire from the Tests after the Test series.[9]
South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 32 runs.[10] India went on to win the second Test by 7 wickets,[11] and drew the Test series 1–1.[12]
South Africa's Gerald Coetzee, Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi were selected for the first two T20Is only.[13] However, Ngidi was ruled out from the T20I series due to an injury and replaced by Beuran Hendricks.[19]
On 16 December 2023, India's Mohammed Shami was ruled out of the test series due to an injury.[20] India's Deepak Chahar was unavailable for the both ODI and T20I series citing family medical emergency.[21] Chahar was replaced by Akash Deep in the ODI squad.[22] Shreyas Iyer was also unavailable for the last two ODIs to prepare for the Test matches.[23]
On 17 December 2023, India's Ishan Kishan was withdrawn from the test team for personal reasons expressed and was replaced by KS Bharat.[24]
On 19 December 2023, Andile Phehlukwayo and Ottniel Baartman were ruled out of the last two ODIs due to injuries,[25] with Beuran Hendricks was added to South Africa's squad.[26]
On 22 December 2023, India's Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the test series due to an injury,[27] with Abhimanyu Easwaran named as replacement.[28]
For the second Test, Zubayr Hamza replaced injured Temba Bavuma in South Africa's squad,[29] with Dean Elgar named captain for the match.[30]
On 29 December 2023, Avesh Khan was added to India's squad for the second Test.[31]
On 30 December 2023, South Africa's Gerald Coetzee was ruled out of the second Test due to an injury.[32]
1st T20I
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
2nd T20I
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- 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.[33]
3rd T20I
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- 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).[34]
1st ODI
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- 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.[35]
- It was South Africa's lowest ODI total at home.[36]
2nd ODI
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- 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.[37]
3rd ODI
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- 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.[38]
1st Test
26–29 December 2023 Scorecard |
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- 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 [39]
2nd Test
3–4 January 2024 Scorecard |
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- 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.[40]
- 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.[41]
- South Africa's first innings total of 55 was the fewest runs India have conceded in a completed innings of a Test match.[42]
- Shubman Gill (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in Tests.[43]
- This was the shortest Test in terms of balls bowled to end in a result (642).[44]
- This was India's first ever Test win at the venue.[45]
- World Test Championship points: India 12, South Africa 0
- Dean Elgar captained South Africa in the second Test.
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