Team India: The Indian team is going to play a T20 series with South Africa this year. Its schedule was also announced recently. Team India is going to tour Africa for this. Earlier, a bilateral series was played between the two teams in the year 2023-24.

India's 15-member probable squad for the upcoming series has been revealed. In this series, not Rohit Sharma but Hardik Pandya will lead the team. Apart from this, some such players will be given a chance in the team, who will return to international cricket after 4 years.

Team India's schedule against South Africa

India and South Africa (IND vs RSA) will play a four-match T20 series in November this year. It is scheduled to start on November 8. The first match will be played at Kingsmead Durban on November 8.

The third T20 will be held in Centurion on November 13. The fourth and last match of the series will be played at Wanderers. Please note that the timing of these matches has not been fixed.

The command of the team will be in the hands of Hardik Pandya

In the T20 series against South Africa, the team will be led by all-rounder Hardik Pandya. He has led Team India in limited overs cricket many times before. Apart from this, Hardik has made Gujarat Titans the champion in IPL. In such a situation, he has immense experience of captaincy.

Young players will get a chance in the team

When the Indian team will play a four-match T20 series with South Africa from November 8, the team management can give opportunities to as many young players as possible. It is worth noting that the team management will look to build an army of youngsters before the 2026 T20 World Cup, who will help the team in defending the title.

Apart from this, some players may return. This includes fast bowler T Natarajan, spinner Varun Chakraborty and left-handed batsman Nitish Rana. Let's take a look at India's 15-member probable team.

India's probable 15-member squad against South Africa:

Abhishek Sharma, Rituraj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Shivam Dubey, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar.