The T20I series will get underway on June 9 in New Delhi.
KL Rahul will lead the Indian team in this series in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who has been rested along with senior members, including Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami.
Rishabh Pant has been named vice-captain of the team while Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik are making their comeback to the national side.
A number of IPL performers have been rewarded a place in the Indian squad. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh has received his maiden call-up along with SRH’s pace sensation Umran Malik while the 18-member squad also features Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi among others.
Temba Bavuma will lead the visiting team in the T20I series. The tourists will start their practice on June 3.
There will be no crowd restrictions and there will be no bio-bubble for the five-T20I series, though players will be tested regularly for COVID-19. Cuttack (June 12), Visakhapatnam (June 14), Rajkot (June 17), and Bengaluru (June 19) are the other venues for the series.
India and South Africa have faced each other in 15 T20Is so far. While India have won nine times, the Proteas have emerged victorious on six occasions.
India's squad: KL Rahul (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk/vc), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik
South Africa's squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, and Marco Jansen
(With ANI inputs)