India will take on South Africa in a short four-match T20 series that lasts a week at best. The series begins in Durban with the T20 World Champions set to tour the whole rainbow nation. India have called up three players for the first time in T20Is while the Proteas will see their seniors return.

India will be up against South Africa in a four-match T20 series, set to kick off in overcast Durban on Friday, November 8. Some might call it a repeat of the T20 World Cup final which took place four months ago, but for many, it's almost a final audition for the IPL auction a couple of weeks later.

South Africa and India will take one each other for the first time since the mouth-watering final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. India are being considered as the favourites to win the bilateral series.

The finalists of T20 World Cup 2024, India and South Africa, will lock horns in the first T20I of the four-match series today. What will be India's playing XI for the series opener? Will Ramandeep Singh make his debut? Will Samson open again? Here we analyse everything

IND vs SA 1st T20I Live Score: Keep refreshing the page to follow the live updates of the India vs South Africa series opener at Durban.

South Africa vs India: Aiden Markram opts to bowl first, Suryakumar Yadav aims for big total in T20 match.

Team India are sitting on the top of the ICC men's T20I team rankings with 268 ratings in 66 matches whereas the Aiden Markram-led South Africa are sixth with 245 ratings in total. The four-match series is expected to bring a change in the order.

SA vs IND, 1st T20I: Sanju Samson became the joint sixth-fastest Indian batter to reach the landmark of 7000 runs in T20s. He got to the landmark in the opening T20I against South Africa at the Kingsmead in Durban.

Durban: Suryakumar Yadav-led India will lock horns against Aiden Markram's South Africa in the first T20I match of the series on Friday at the Kingsmead

New Zealand returns to the Sri Lankan shores for a five-match white-ball series starting on November 9. Mitchell Santner is set to lead the Blackcaps as he has been named the interim skipper of the team. Ahead of the tour, here is how you can catch the action live in India.

AFG vs BAN: Hashmatullah Shahidi’s Afghanistan and Najmul Hossain Shanto’s Bangladesh will face off in the second ODI on Saturday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.