India and South Africa Tour scheduled to start on 5th January in Cape Town. India will tour South Africa for a three-Test, six-ODI and three-T20 series, starting January 5 and it is being touted as the most challenging assignment so far for Kohli as captain. Here is the full schedule and India’s Squad for tour of South Africa:
| India’s tour of South Africa, Jan-Feb 2018 | ||
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 05-09 Jan 2018 08:30 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 1st Test at Newlands, Cape Town |
| 13-17 Jan 2018 08:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 2nd Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| 24-28 Jan 2018 08:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 3rd Test at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| 01 Feb 2018 11:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 1st ODI at Kingsmead, Durban |
| 04 Feb 2018 08:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 2nd ODI at SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| 07 Feb 2018 11:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 3rd ODI at Newlands, Cape Town |
| 10 Feb 2018 11:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 4th ODI at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| 13 Feb 2018 11:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 5th ODI at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth |
| 16 Feb,2018 11:00 AM GMT | SA vs IND | 6th ODI at SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| 18 Feb 2018 12:30 PM GMT | SA vs IND | 1st T20I at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| 21 Feb 2018 4:00 PM GMT | SA vs IND | 2nd T20I at SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| 24 Feb 2018 4:00 PM GMT | SA vs IND | 3rd T20I at Newlands, Cape Town |
India’s Tests and ODIs Squad for the tour of South Africa
| India Test Squad | |
| Virat Kohli(c) | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Murali Vijay | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Lokesh Rahul | Mohammed Shami |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | Ishant Sharmain |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Umesh Yadav |
| Rohit Sharma | Parthiv Patel |
| Hardik Pandya | Jasprit Bumrah |
| Wriddhiman Saha | |
| India ODI Squad | |
| Virat Kohli(c) | Hardik Pandya |
| Shikhar Dhawan | Kuldeep Yadav |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Yuzvendra Chahal |
| Shreyas Iyer | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Manish Pandey | Mohammed Shami |
| Dinesh Karthik | Jasprit Bumrah |
| Rohit Sharma | Shardul Thakur |
| Kedar Jadhav | Axar Patel |
| MS Dhoni | |
| South Africa 1st Test Squad | |
| Faf du Plessis© | Aiden Markram |
| Hashim Amla | Morne Morkel |
| Temba Bavuma | Chris Morris |
| Quinton de Kock | Andile Phehlukwayo |
| Theunis de Bruyn | Vernon Philander |
| AB de Villiers | Kagiso Rabada |
| Dean Elgar | Dale Steyn |
| Keshav Maharaj | |
