Test of strength in depth as Bavuma-less SA take on India's Gen-Next stars

South Africa and India will both be testing their strength in depth when they meet in two whiteball series starting with SA vs IND 1st T20I at Kingsmead in Durban on Sunday Three T20 matches will be followed by three oneday internationals during a tour which is a financial lifesaver for Cricket South Africa CSA The cashstrapped hosts stand to earn in excess of a billion rand 53 million mainly from TV rights which is far in excess of income from any other incoming tours It will obviously help us balance the books but it is not just us every country needs India purely based on the broadcast revenues said Pholetsi Moseki chief executive of CSA Both teams will be without key players for the whiteball games ahead of two World Test Championship matches later in the tour South Africas oneday and Test captain Temba Bavuma and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will miss all the limited overs matches Fast bowlers Gerald Coetzee Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi will play only in the first two T20 internationals before returning to their franchises to play in domestic fourday cricket ahead of the TestsAlso ReadThese five eye highfive showRegular Indian captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli will also miss the limited overs games while recent T20 captain Hardik Pandya is injured Suryakumar Yadav fresh from leading India to a 41 T20 home series win against Australia will captain the T20 side while KL Rahul will be in charge for the oneday matchesWith the T20 World Cup due to be played in the West Indies and United States in June the threematch T20 series provides an opportunity for fringe players to press their claims South African whiteball coach Rob Walter said he wanted to continue to build a core group of players to capitalise on the momentum achieved during the recent Cricket World Cup where South Africa reached the semifinals The move to rest some players has presented opportunities for others who have been performing well on domestic level said Walter India were outstanding in the 50overs World Cup before losing to Australia in the final But their T20 side is less settled although World Cup stars Shubman Gill Ravindra Jadeja Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj return to the format after being rested from the series against Australia SA vs IND 1st T20I Squads South Africa Aiden Markram capt Ottniel Baartman Matthew Breetzke Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Donovan Ferreira Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen wkt David Miller Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Lizaad Williams India Suryakumar Yadav capt Ravindra Jadeja vicecapt Ravi Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Yashasvi Jaiswal Ishan Kishan wkt Mukesh Kumar Jitesh Sharma wkt Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Rinku Singh Washington Sundar Tilak Varma Kuldeep Yadav Limited overs fixtures Dec 10 1st T20I Durban Dec 12 2nd T20I Gqeberha Dec 14 3rd T20I Johannesburg Dec 17 1st ODI Johannesburg Dec 19 2nd ODI Gqeberha Dec 21 3rd ODI PaarlWith agency inputs