Zaheer, Pujara, opener Murali Vijay, reserve wicketkeeper Wridhiman Saha and leg-spinner Amit Mishra could not go with the ODI squad earlier due to visa issues, according to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Patel. (Also read: Pujara's biggest Test awaits him in South Africa)
The Test team members get a chance to prepare for the much-awaited series through a two-day warm-up game at Benoni against South African Invitation XI on December 14 and 15.
India are to start the tour with the first ODI at Johannesburg on Thursday with the third and final match to be held on December 11 at Centurion after which the ODI specialists would return home.
Test specialists Zaheer Khan, Cheteshwar Pujara leave for South Africa
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