South Africa A cricket team in India in 2025–26
| South Africa A cricket team in India in 2025–26 | |||
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| India A | South Africa A | ||
| Dates | 30 October – 19 November 2025 | ||
| Captains |
Rishabh Pant (First-class) Tilak Varma (List A) | Marques Ackerman | |
| FC series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Dhruv Jurel (259) | Jordan Hermann (200) | |
| Most wickets | Tanush Kotian (8) | Tiaan van Vuuren (9) | |
| Player of the series | Dhruv Jurel (India A) | ||
| LA series | |||
| Result | India A won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Ruturaj Gaikwad (210) | Rivaldo Moonsamy (150) | |
| Most wickets | Harshit Rana (7) |
Bjorn Fortuin (4) Nqaba Peter (4) | |
| Player of the series | Ruturaj Gaikwad (India A) | ||
The South Africa A cricket team toured India in October and November 2025 to play against India A cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of two first-class and three List A matches.[2] In May 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[3] The first-class and List A series formed part of both teams' preparation ahead of Test series which was part of 2025–2027 World Test Championship fixtures and ODI series.[4][5][6][7]
The venue for the unofficial ODIs was updated from Bengaluru to Rajkot in June 2025.[8][9]
Squads
On 2 November, Kuldeep Yadav was added to the second unofficial Test.[15][16] On 12 November, Nitish Kumar Reddy was added to the unofficial ODI squad.[17][18]
First-class series
1st Unofficial Test
2nd Unofficial Test
List A series
1st Unofficial ODI
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Unofficial ODI
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd Unofficial ODI
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- India A won the toss and elected to field.
Notes
References
- ^ "Australia & South Africa men's A India tour 2025: Full schedule". Sportstar. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "BCCI Announces Updated Schedule for India's 2025 Home Season and South Africa A Tour". Revsportz. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "BCCI announces fixtures for Australia Women's, Australia Men's A and South Africa Men's A team tours of India". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "Ahead of Test series, Temba Bavuma to turn out for South Africa A in India". The Indian Express. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "Rishabh Pant leads India A, aims to regain rhythm ahead of South Africa series". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "Rishabh Pant returns to action, captains India 'A' in comeback series against South Africa 'A'". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "South Africa captain Temba Bavuma to tour India for A series before November Tests". India Today. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "BCCI announces updated venues for Team India (Int'l home season) & South Africa A Tour of India". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "BCCI announces updated venues for Team India, South Africa A Tour of India". CricTracker. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "India A squad for four-day matches against South Africa A announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "India A squad announced for South Africa A one-day series: Tilak Varma named captain, Ishan Kishan included". Sportstar. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "South Africa A squad for India tour announced: Full list of players for unofficial Tests and One-Dayers". Sportstar. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "SA A squads announced for India A tour". SuperSport. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Temba Bavuma named in South Africa A squad for India tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Kuldeep Yadav released from India's T20I squad in Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Kuldeep to return home to prepare for SA Tests". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Nitish Kumar Reddy released from India's squad for the first Test". BCCI. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ "Nitish Reddy released from India's squad for Kolkata Test". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
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