Both teams retained the eleven that played in the drawn third Test at St Kitts.
India made five changes to the team that won in Cuttack for the third ODI.
All-rounder Joginder Sharma comes in place of S Sreesanth, while Ramesh Powar replaces Suresh Raina.
Other celebrity contestants who have been finalised are singer-composer Sukhwinder Singh, actress Sophie Choudry, television actors Mohit Raina, Mouni Roy, Karan Thacker and Purab Kohli.
Mumbai Indians' match against Rising Pune Supergiants at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium in Pune saw an unprecedented incident when two MI players were involved in a heated exchange. Tempers flared in the 11th over of Pune innings when Rayudu failed to stop a boundary despite putting a splendid dive near the boundary rope. A dejected Harbhajan could be seen abusing at his MI teammate. An angry Rayudu gave it back to Harbhajan. Soon, both the players started to walk towards each other. As the situation turned delicate with both players coming eye to eye, Harbhajan showed maturity to calm his teammate. However in Harbhajan's next over, the duo could be seen patching up with each other after the wicket of Supergiants batsman Peter Handscomb. This is not the first time, Harbhajan is involved in a heated altercation in the Indian Premier League.
South Africa were 257-8 at close on Day 1 in the second Test against India.
The Indian pace bowler said he will continue to be aggressive as a bowler but will be careful not to over-do it.
Chasing 402 for victory, South Africa were 163 for 5 in their second innings at close on the third day of the first Test.
The Indian bowler said Allan Donald's advice had inspired him to his maiden five-wicket haul.
India stretched their lead to 311 runs against South Africa at the end of the second day of the first Test.
They have been offered players contracts in Group 'C' with a retainership of Rs. 20 lakhs each.
Jaffer would replace Dravid in the squad which might also see Pathan give way to pacer Sreesanth.
Dravid said it will inspire young boys in Kerala to take up the game of cricket.
The fiery Indian pacer said he was not scared of any batsmen or the Australian crowd when the team tours Down Under.
Anil Kumble claimed four wickets and S Sreesanth three to restrict West Zone to 180 for 9 on the second day of the Duleep Trophy match against South Zone.
The pacer had a bout of vomiting late on Tuesday night but recovered and took part in the training session today.
India replaced Irfan Pathan with S Sreesanth in the only change to the team that played Australia in the previous match.
S Sreesanth has said he did not need a ban to improve his conduct as suggested by Ian Chappell.
"The way we have been performing in the last six months, there's a good series in the offing," said India paceman Sreesanth.
India left out Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth and Jai Prakash Yadav from the 15 while making Gautam Gambhir the supersub.
Lauding the Kerala Cricket Association, Sreesanth said that the KCA was doing well to develop talent.
India made two changes in the line-up, Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth coming in place of VRV Singh and Irfan Pathan.
Young VRV Singh will make his debut in the first Test against the West Indies.
The Kerala seamer said he wasn't expecting the India call for the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka
India captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against West Indies.
India opted for a four-man pace attack in the rain-delayed first ODI against the West Indies.
The 24-year-old Indian pace bowler says aggression comes naturally to him.
India won the toss and elected to field in the seventh and final ODI against England.
Venugopal Rao and VRV Singh were included in India's playing eleven for the sixth ODI against England.
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