The best India can hope for is to finish with honours even, while world champions South Africa have a chance to make it a second series defeat for India in their last three
| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Rishabh Pant † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Akash Deep | Bowler |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Allrounder |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Opening batter |
| Dhruv Jurel † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| Mohammed Siraj | Bowler |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | Batting allrounder |
| Devdutt Padikkal | Top-order batter |
| Axar Patel | Allrounder |
| KL Rahul † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Sai Sudharsan | Top-order batter |
| Washington Sundar | Bowling allrounder |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIND |  | 189 & 93 | lost to | 159 & 153 |  | SASA | 14/11/25 | South Africa tour of India 2025/26 |
| INDIND | | 153 & 80/3 | beat | 55 & 176 | | SASA | 03/01/24 | India tour of South Africa 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 245 & 131 | lost to | 408 | | SASA | 26/12/23 | India tour of South Africa 2023/24 |
| INDIND | | 223 & 198 | lost to | 210 & 212/3 | | SASA | 11/01/22 | India tour of South Africa 2021/22 |
| INDIND | | 202 & 266 | lost to | 229 & 243/3 | | SASA | 03/01/22 | India tour of South Africa 2021/22 |
The best India can hope for is to finish with honours even, while world champions South Africa have a chance to make it a second series defeat for India in their last three
Kagiso Rabada will remain with the team for the Guwahati Test but return home immediately after and miss the ODI series
Shubman Gill "will head to Mumbai for further assessment of his injury," BCCI says in a media statement
India's Test captain has been advised more rest to avoid recurrence of neck spasms
South Africa are juggling Rabada's fitness, an unpredictable pitch, and a stack of selection dilemmas as they chase a rare series win in India
