[Watch] Suryakumar Yadav and company in KBC mood after arriving in Durban for India vs South Africa T20Is

Suryakumar Yadav-led India on Monday, November 4, arrived in Durban for the four-match T20I series in South Africa, which starts on Friday, November 8. The T20I team are coming on the back of consecutive whitewash over Sri Lanka and Bangladesh by the same 3-0 margin. The reigning T20 World Champions will now be keen to deliver against the Proteas.

NCA head VVS Laxman has stepped in again as head coach in the absence of regular coach Gautam Gambhir, who will be the senior team for the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia later this month.

In a clip shared by the Indian Cricket Team on Instagram, the players were seen coming out of the airport. The young guns also engaged in a quiz regarding the visiting country. However, it ended on a funny note with players questioning the loudest laugh in the squad.

The BCCI captioned the post:

“Touchdown Durban. How good is Team India’s knowledge of their next destination.”

Take a look:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Mohammed Siraj are set to play the Test series in Australia. As a result, youngsters like Ramandeep Singh, Viajkumar Vyshak, and Yash Dayal would look to make the most of the opportunities.

The Men in Blue won their last T20I series in South Africa by 2-1 in 2017-18. The last series between the two teams ended in a 1-1 tie in 2023-24.

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Squads and schedule for India tour of South Africa 2024

India: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (C), Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Patrick Kruger, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Simelane, Lutho Sipamla, Tristan Stubbs.

T20I Series Schedule

November 8: 1st T20I at Kingsmead in Durban

November 10: 2nd T20I at St George’s Park in Gqeberha

November 13: 3rd T20I at SuperSport Park in Centurion

November 15: 4th T20I at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg