Fast bowlers: Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan
M S Dhoni
R S Dravid
RHBcaptain
G Gambhir
S C Ganguly
Harbhajan Singh
K D Karthik
A Kumble
LBGvice-captain
V V S Laxman
M M Patel
I K Pathan
V Sehwag
V R Singh
S Sreesanth
S R Tendulkar
Wasim Jaffer
Zaheer Khan
Representation of teams:
Ba - Baroda
Bn - Bengal
D - Delhi
Gj - Gujarat
H - Hyderabad
Hy - Haryana
K - Karnataka
Ke - Kerala
Mb - Mumbai
Pj - Punjab
TN - Tamil Nadu
UP - Uttar Pradesh
Average age ofteam at time of first Test match
(15 December 2006) : 27 yrs9 months
Test Appearances made before the tour
Team Officials
Prakash Dixit
Manager
Greg Chappell
Coach
Gregory King
Fitness Trainer
John Gloster
Physiotherapist
Ian Fraser
Biomechanical expert
Ramesh Mane
Masseur
Rajan Nair
Media Manager
S Ramakrishnan
Computer analyst
Selectors
Chairman Dilip Vengsarkar, who was due to travel to South Africa to be with the Indian team in the Tests, met with Venkatapathy Raju, Bhupinder Singh Sr, Sanjay Jagdale and Ranjib Biswal, to pick the squad of 16. Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, was present as convener of the meeting.
Selection
One-day squad ADDED Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Mongia, Yuvraj Singh (Dinesh Karthik wk on stand by), Ajit Agarkar (VRV Singh on stand by).
One-day party announced 30 October 2006
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer, Mohd. Kaif, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Mongia, Munaf Patel, S .Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, M. S. Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Dinesh Kaarthick.
Unavailable Yuvraj Singh unfit (knee ligament injury) so D Karthik was chosen.Agarkar passed a fitness test (VRV Singh was in reserve).
Test team chosen 30 November in Delhi.
Travel
Flew from Mumbai on Monday night 13 November 2006 and arrived at Johannesburg Airport the next day
On-tour selection committee
Dilip Vengsarkar (chief selector),
Reinforcements
Munaf Patel hurt his ankle early on the tour and sat out of three ODIs and the first two Tests.The team management and chief selector D.B.Vengsarkar already in South Africa asked the BCCI to send Delhi fast bowler Ishant Sharma to South Africa but, as Sharma was readying himself to leave, the decision was reversed.
Fixtures/Results
Benoni
South Africa 'A'
§ Johannesburg
South Africa 1st ODI
§ Kingsmead, Durban
South Africa 2nd ODI
§ Newlands Cape Town
South Africa 3rd ODI
§ Port Elizabeth
South Africa 4th ODI
Johannesburg
South Africa Twenty20
§ Centurion
South Africa 5th ODI
Potchefstroom
South Africa 'A
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA First Test
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA Second Test
CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICA Third Test
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Test appearances on tour
Highlights
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Tour Summary
P
W
L
D
T
Aban
Test Matches
2
0
2
0
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Other first-class matches
1
0
0
1
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Minor matches
1
0
1
0
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One-day internationals
7
2
5
0
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All Matches
11
2
8
1
1
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Return to India
Taking a South African Airways flight from Johannesburg on 7 January, the team landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport in Mumbai at 12.30 in the early hours of Monday 8 January 2007.Rahul Dravid had to wait for his mislaid baggage while the coach and team went to the Hyatt hotel.
Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar arrived back from South Africa one day after than the team.