Only these three players will be part of all three formats on the South Africa tour

BCCI has announced the Indian team for the three-match T20 International series, three-match ODI and two-match  Test series to be held on the South Africa tour. In the team selected for these three formats, Shreyas Iyer , Ruturaj Gaikwad and Mukesh Kumar are three such players who will be part of the series of all three formats played on the South Africa tour. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have asked for a break for the limited overs series played on the South Africa tour. Both players will be part of  the test series .     

Indian team for the three-match T20 International series:  Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja ( Vice Captain), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.

Indian squad for the three-match ODI series:  Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudarshan, Tilak Verma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (captain & wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav. , Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar.

Indian team for the two-match Test series:  Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammed Shami*, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Prasidh Krishna. 

India's tour of South Africa - schedule 

First T20 International match – 10 December, Kingsmead, Durban

Second T20 International Match - 12 December, St. George's Park, Gqebarha

3rd T20 International - 14 December, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

1st ODI – 17 December, New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

2nd ODI – 19 December, St George's Park, Gqebarha

3rd ODI- 21 December, Boland Park, Paarl

1st Test – 26-30 December, SuperSport Park, Centurion

Second Test - 3-7 January, Newlands, Cape Town