SuperSport adds Graeme Smith and Sunil Gavaskar as commentators for South Africa vs India test series.

SuperSport has signed up the former South African cricket captain Graeme Smith and the former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar as commentators for the South Africa versus India test series that will start on Friday in Cape Town and that will be broadcast on DStv.

SuperSport's coverage of the first SA/India cricket test will start on Friday, 5 January and continue until 9 January from 09:30 on SuperSport 2 HD (DStv 202) on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform with an hour build-up coverage.

Graeme Smith and Sunil Gavaskar will join other commentators Michael Holding, Shaun Pollock, Michael Haysman, Kepler Wessels and Mpumelelo Mbangwa for the duration of the Indian cricket team's tour.

"Graeme Smith and Sunil Gavaskar have become sought-after commentators around the world and we're ecstatic to have them joining our team for this tour," says Alvin Naicker, SuperSport head of production.

"Having just come off the India versus Sri Lanka tour, Graeme Smith and Sunil Gavaskar have the inside knowledge on the form of the Indian team. It's this knowledge that will offer our viewers valuable insights on the tourists," says Alvin Naicker.