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

South Africa vs India; Weeks ahead of the IPL mega auction, India and South Africa will meet in a four-match T20I series. There’s a lot to look forward to as Durban prepares to host the series opener on Friday, November 8.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

India will be up against South Africa in the first T20I of the four-match T20 series at Kingsmead in Durban. The young Indian team has had a couple of warm-ups, however, Durban has largely remained overcast the past few days and there is a chance that inclement weather might strike on matchday.