The

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toured

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from 16 December 2010 to 23 January 2011. The tour consisted of three

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, one

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(T20I) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).

Squads

South Africa's David Wiese was ruled out of the T20I series with a fractured hand and was replaced by

Albie Morkel Johannes Albertus Morkel (born 10 June 1981), better known as Albie Morkel, is a former South African cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium fast and bats left-handed. He was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener from an earl ...

Rilee Rossouw Rilee Roscoe Rossouw (born 9 October 1989) is a South African cricketer who played for the South African cricket team. Rossouw currently represents Pretoria Capitals, Quetta Gladiators and Jaffna Kings. He is a left-hand batsman and a right a ...

was ruled out of the ODI series following a stress fracture to his foot and was replaced by Khaya Zondo.

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was added to India's ODI squad as

Ravichandran Ashwin Ravichandran Ashwin (; ) (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm off spin bowler and a lower order batter. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific spinners of all time, he represented the Indian cricket team an ...

sustained a left side strain injury during the first ODI.

JP Duminy Jean-Paul Duminy (born 14 April 1984), more commonly known as JP Duminy, is a South African former international cricketer. He was vice-captain of the South Africa Twenty20 team. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler. D ...

was ruled out of the last two ODI matches after suffering a hand injury. He was replaced by

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. Duminy is expected to be fit for the Test series.

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was ruled out of the last three Test matches after suffering an ankle injury and was replaced by Kyle Abbott.

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was added to South Africa's Test squad as cover for

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Test Series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

Krish Mackerdhuj Trophy

Only T20I

The winner of the T20I fixture was awarded the Krish Mackerdhuj Trophy, named in honour of Durban-born Indian-South African cricket administrator

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ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

Indian batsman

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suffered a hamstring injury during the match and was forced to fly home afterward. Tendulkar's appearance equalled the record number of appearances in ODI matches at 444, tied with

Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (, ; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, captain, cricket administrator and coach. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest all rounders ever to play in ODI cricket. A left arm orthodox sp ...

of Sri Lanka.

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

References

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