Viacom18’s long-term partnership with Cricket South Africa (CSA) will commence with the highly-anticipated four-match T20I series against India from November 8, 2024, with the following matches taking place on November 10, 13, and 15. The series will see the 2024 T20 World Cup finalists clash once again, as India aims to maintain its phenomenal run in T20Is, while South Africa will look to settle scores. The series will be aired live and exclusively on JioCinema, Sports18 – 1 SD & HD, and Colors Cineplex SD & HD.
Historically, the two nations have faced off 27 times in T20I matches, with India holding a slight edge, having won 15 encounters compared to South Africa’s 11 victories. The cricketing rivalry between India and South Africa is steeped in history, marked by numerous thrilling contests and a mutual respect that transcends the game. This bond was notably highlighted when India became the first nation to tour South Africa after the end of apartheid, as well as during their visit to the Rainbow Nation amid the Omicron surge in December 2021. The upcoming series will feature a new-look Indian squad, on the back of their record-setting 3-0 whitewash of Bangladesh.
The four-match series will be broadcast across eight languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Bengali, and Haryanvi. Fans will be able to catch incisive analysis of every ball during live-action and studio shows throughout the series, with comprehensive insights from a lineup of 30 experts across all eight languages. Viacom18’s panel of experts will feature several former international cricketers, such as Mark Boucher (English), Robin Uthappa (English), Abhinav Mukund (English), Aakash Chopra (Hindi), Parthiv Patel (Hindi), Saba Karim (Hindi), K Gowtham (Kannada), and Venkatesh Prasad (Kannada), among many others.
Full teams:
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 (3rd and 4th T20Is), Tristan Stubbs.
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.
