South African cricket team in India in 2025–26
| South African cricket team in India in 2025–26 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| India | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 14 November – 19 December 2025 | ||
| Captains |
Shubman Gill[a] (Tests) KL Rahul (ODIs) Suryakumar Yadav (T20Is) |
Temba Bavuma[b] (Tests & ODIs) Aiden Markram (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Washington Sundar (124) | Tristan Stubbs (163) | |
| Most wickets | Ravindra Jadeja (10) | Simon Harmer (17) | |
| Player of the series | Simon Harmer (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Virat Kohli (302) | Matthew Breetzke (164) | |
| Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (9) | Marco Jansen (4) | |
| Player of the series | Virat Kohli (Ind) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Tilak Varma (187) | Quinton de Kock (156) | |
| Most wickets | Varun Chakravarthy (10) | Lungi Ngidi (6) | |
| Player of the series | Varun Chakravarthy (Ind) | ||
The South African cricket team toured India in November and December 2025 to play the Indian cricket team.[1][2] The tour consisted of two Test, three One Day International (ODI) and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3] The Test series formed part of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship.[4] In April 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025–26 home international season.[5]
The venue for the 1st Test was updated from Delhi to Kolkata in June 2025.[6]
Squads
| India | South Africa | ||||
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| Tests[7] | ODIs[8] | T20Is[9] | Tests[10] | ODIs[11] | T20Is[12] |
On 12 November, Nitish Kumar Reddy was released from squad for the first Test to join the India A squad for the unofficial ODI series against South Africa A.[13][14] On 21 November, Shubman Gill was ruled out of the second Test due to a neck injury.[15] On 15 December, Axar Patel was ruled out of the remaining T20I series due to an illness and was replaced by Shahbaz Ahmed.[16][17]
On 18 November, Lungi Ngidi was added to the Test squad as cover for Kagiso Rabada.[18] On 21 November, Kagiso Rabada was ruled out of the second Test due to a rib bone stress injury.[19] On 6 December, Tony de Zorzi was ruled out of the T20I series due to injury and Kwena Maphaka was withdrew himself from the T20I series and Lutho Sipamla was named as his replacement.[20]
Test series
1st Test
14–16 November 2025
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) both scored their 4,000th run in Tests.[21][22]
- World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, India 0.
2nd Test
22–26 November 2025
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rishabh Pant captained India for the first time in Tests.[23]
- Aiden Markram (SA) played in his 50th Test match.[24] Markram also broke the record for most catches taken (9 catches) in a Test match.[25]
- This was the first Test to be played at this venue.[26][27]
- This was the first time in the 148-year history of Test cricket that the tea break was taken before the lunch break.[28]
- Senuran Muthusamy (SA) scored his maiden century in Tests.[29]
- This was India's biggest Test defeat by margin of runs.[30] This was also South Africa's first Test series victory in India after 2000.[31]
- World Test Championship points: South Africa 12, India 0.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Rohit Sharma (Ind) broke Shahid Afridi's record for the most sixes in ODIs (352).[32]
- Virat Kohli (Ind) broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of most centuries in a single format of international cricket (52).[33]
2nd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (Ind) scored his maiden century in ODIs.[34]
- This was the highest joint-successful ODI run-chase in India.[35]
- This was also South Africa's highest run-chase away from home.[36]
3rd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Quinton de Kock (SA) scored most numbers of centuries (10) by Non-Asian player in Asia,[37] and scored 13,000th run in international cricket.[38]
- Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his 20,000th run in International cricket,[39] and scored 5,000th run at home in ODIs.[40]
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (Ind) scored his maiden century in ODIs.[41]
T20I series
1st T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Tilak Varma (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is. He became the youngest Indian to achieve this feat.[42]
- Hardik Pandya (Ind) hit his 100th six in T20Is.[43]
- Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.[44] He also became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in all three formats of cricket.[45]
- This was South Africa's lowest total in T20Is.[46]
2nd T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first T20I to be played at this venue.[47][48]
3rd T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Kuldeep Yadav (Ind) played in his 50th T20I match.
- Hardik Pandya (Ind) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.[49]
- Varun Chakravarthy (Ind) took his 50th wicket in T20Is.[50]
4th T20I
5th T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Quinton de Kock (SA) played in his 100th T20I match.
- Shivam Dube (Ind) played in his 50th T20I match.
- Sanju Samson (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[52]
- Hardik Pandya (Ind) scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.[53]
Notes
- ^ Rishabh Pant captained India in the 2nd Test.
- ^ Aiden Markram captained South Africa in the 1st ODI.
- ^ a b In squad for second Test only.
- ^ In squad for 4th and 5th T20Is only.
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