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India team for South Africa tour announced
04 Dec 2017
BCCI has announced the Indian Test squad that will tour South Africa for a three-match Test series beginning in Jan 2018.
This includes - Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, Rahul, Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rahane (vice captain), Rohit Sharma, Saha (wicket-keeper), Ashwin, Jadeja, Parthiv Patel, Pandya, Bhuvneshwar, Shami, Ishant, Umesh and Bumrah.
Jasprit Bumrah has received his maiden Test call-up after amazing performance in limited-over cricket.
India's long away season to kick off with South Africa
Overseas tour
Inching closer to the end of a great home season, India will have a long and arduous overseas season beginning January 2018.
The first of the away tours will start in South Africa, which is scheduled to be played from 5th January to 24th February, 2018.
Against the Proteas, India will play 3 Tests, 6 ODIs, and 3 T20Is.
India's record against South Africa in South Africa
Poor Test record
Team India has played 6 Test series against South Africa in South Africa, without winning any of the series - Lost 5, Drawn 1. The last one was the 2013/14 series which India lost 1-0.
Of the 17 Test matches India played on South African soil against the hosts, India have managed to win twice, drawing 7 times.
No win in the ODI series too
Fact
India haven't won an ODI series against South Africa on their turf losing all the four series they contested. The ODI matches win loss record in bilateral series is 4-14. The last series (2013/14) was lost by a margin of 2-0.
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