Durban: With ODI series in their kitty, South Africa are now aiming to repeat the same performance when thay they take on India for two test series for which they have kept the same 15 member test squad that played against Pakistan in the UAE.
Graeme Smith will lead the test side. He was part of ODI team as well but did not play any of the two games and was released to prepare for the test series.
The squad includes Thami Tsolekile as the reserve wicketkeeper.
In the first two of the three match ODI series, india have been totally out played by host who exploited their weakness against short pitched balling. In both tha games Indian batsmen could not last fifty overs.
The two-Test series kicks off on December 18 at the Wanderers while the second match will be played in Durban, from December 26.
South Africa Test squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Thami Tsolekile (wk)
India Test squad: M.S. Dhoni (Cap/WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, R. Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Pragyan Ojha, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav
