The South Africa cricket team toured India in September and October 2019 to play three Tests and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.
In August 2019, Cricket South Africa confirmed that Faf du Plessis would lead the Test side for the tour, with Quinton de Kock named captain of the T20I team. Later the same month, as per the request of the Jharkhand Cricket Association, due to Durga Puja celebrations in the second week of October in Ranchi, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) agreed to switch the venues of the second and third Tests. Pune, which was originally scheduled to host the third Test, hosted the second Test, with Ranchi hosting the third Test match.
The three-match T20I series was drawn 1–1, after the first fixture was washed out. In the Test series, India won the first two matches to take an unassailable 2–0 lead. It was India's eleventh-consecutive series win at home, setting a new record for any team in Test cricket. India won the final Test by an innings and 202 runs to win the series 3–0. It was India's first whitewash in a bilateral Test series against South Africa. South Africa lost the last two Tests by an innings. The last time they had lost consecutive Test matches by an innings margin was during Australia's visit in 1935–36.
South Africa returned to India in March 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches. On 6 March 2020, Cricket South Africa announced that the trip to India for the ODI matches would still go ahead, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. After the first ODI, which was abandoned with no play due to rain, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the two remaining ODIs would be played behind closed doors, in an attempt to reduce the impact of the coronavirus. However, on 13 March 2020, the remaining two ODI matches were cancelled.
Squads TestODIsT20Is Virat Kohli (c) Ajinkya Rahane (vc) Mayank Agarwal Ravichandran Ashwin Jasprit Bumrah Shubman Gill Ravindra Jadeja Shahbaz Nadeem Rishabh Pant (wk) Cheteshwar Pujara Wriddhiman Saha (wk) Mohammed Shami Ishant Sharma Rohit Sharma Hanuma Vihari Kuldeep Yadav Umesh Yadav Faf du Plessis (c) Temba Bavuma (vc) Theunis de Bruyn Quinton de Kock (wk) Dean Elgar Zubayr Hamza Heinrich Klaasen (wk) George Linde Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Senuran Muthusamy Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Vernon Philander Dane Piedt Kagiso Rabada Rudi Second (wk) Virat Kohli (c) Jasprit Bumrah Yuzvendra Chahal Shikhar Dhawan Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Ravindra Jadeja Bhuvneshwar Kumar Manish Pandey Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant (wk) KL Rahul Navdeep Saini Prithvi Shaw Kuldeep Yadav Quinton de Kock (c, wk) Temba Bavuma Faf du Plessis Beuran Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen George Linde Keshav Maharaj Janneman Malan David Miller Lungi Ngidi Anrich Nortje Andile Phehlukwayo Lutho Sipamla JJ Smuts Rassie van der Dussen Kyle Verreynne Virat Kohli (c) Rohit Sharma (vc) Khaleel Ahmed Deepak Chahar Rahul Chahar Shikhar Dhawan Shreyas Iyer Ravindra Jadeja Manish Pandey Hardik Pandya Krunal Pandya Rishabh Pant (wk) KL Rahul Navdeep Saini Washington Sundar Quinton de Kock (c, wk) Rassie van der Dussen (vc) Temba Bavuma Junior Dala Bjorn Fortuin Beuran Hendricks Reeza Hendricks George Linde David Miller Anrich Nortje Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi JJ Smuts
Ahead of the tour, Rudi Second was ruled out of South Africa's Test squad due to injury. He was replaced by Heinrich Klaasen. JJ Smuts was also ruled out of South Africa's T20I squad due to fitness concerns, and was replaced by George Linde. Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of India's Test squad due to a stress fracture, with Umesh Yadav replacing him. Ahead of the third and final Test, Keshav Maharaj was ruled out of South Africa's squad with a shoulder injury, and was replaced by George Linde. Shahbaz Nadeem was added to India's squad for the third Test, as cover for Kuldeep Yadav. Ahead of the ODI series, Janneman Malan was added to South Africa's squad.
Tour match Three-day match: Indian Board President's XI vs South Africa
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
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References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo