Looking forward to the India South Africa T20 and ODI series

After the long, relaxing, rejuvenating break of more than a month, Indian Cricket Team is going to don the National Colors again and coming back on the field against South Africa. South Africa will start this tour by playing two practice games. The tour, which consists of 2 T20Is,5 ODIs and 4 Tests, will be 72 day long extravaganza for all cricket lovers.

Both teams are in the re-building phase with many new faces. India and SA both have won their previous assignments against Sri Lanka and New Zealand respectively. SA however had lost the ODI series against Bangladesh and were unable to win the test matches against them when they last toured the Indian sub-continent in July this year. 

On the other hand, Indian team is high on confidence after beating Sri Lanka on their home turf after 22 years and their first away series win in 4 years.

India has announced its squad for the two T20s and first three ODIs. Overall it’s a balanced side with inclusion of new blood like Gurkeerat Mann and Sreenath Aravind, whose selection has raised some eyebrows. Also the exclusion of the most successful bowler fast bowler of the Sri Lankan tour, Ishant Sharma, is bit baffling. But Harbhajan Singh somehow managed to save his birth in the T 20 team despite a below average performance on the tour.

With Dhoni back in the squad to lead the team after a break of 3 months from competitive cricket for T20s and ODIs, will this new looking Indian Team be able to repeat the magic of the Sri Lanka tour and beat SA at home? We will get to know very soon.