Anshul Gupta

India will take on South Africa in the third T20I of the four-match series in Centurion. South Africa came back strongly in the second T20I to level the series and India, who will be playing a T20I after six years too would want to stay alive in the series.

Australia will be up against Pakistan in a three-match T20 series following as many ODIs. It was a disappointing show from the hosts in the ODIs but with the T20 specialists back, Australia under a new captain will be keen for a fresh start while Pakistan look to take the winning momentum into it.

Deepak Chahar made a confident return to the Ranji Trophy after four long years and has been amongst wickets. However, there is one eye on the IPL auction with Chahar not being retained by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2025 edition.

Anywhere, everywhere it was just Virat Kohli in the Australian sports pages on Tuesday, November 12. Kohli, the face of Indian and world cricket, had his face all over the newspapers Down Under with the previews in Hindi and Punjabi no less ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz left behind the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Babar Azam and Virat Kohli to achieve a massive ODI feat as he led Afghanistan to a series win while KL Rahul revealed the reasons behind his Lucknow Super Giants exit. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 12.

Team India was supposed to play a three-day practice match against India A from November 15-17 but instead, the visitors have opted for match simulation ahead of the series opener in Perth against Australia. Sunil Gavaskar, however, wasn't happy with the decision.

Jason Gillespie, the former Aussie fast bowler, alluded to the lack of promotions through the ODI series, which ended up being a historic one for Pakistan. Pakistan beat Australia 2-1 in the three-match ODI series, a first in 22 years for the visitors in Australia.

The Champions Trophy situation is getting messier by the day. With the PCB rigid on their stance of hosting the whole tournament in Pakistan only, India's stand of not travelling to the neighbouring country has forced the ICC to seek a solution with 100 days to go for the tournament to start.

Lucknow Super Giants retained five players and still have an uncapped RTM left but it seems like KL Rahul's three-year journey might have come to an end with the franchise. Rahul led the Super Giants to playoffs in 2022 and 2023 before one of the two new teams faltered in the third season.

Melbourne Renegades pulled off a remarkable run-chase against the Adelaide Strikers at the Karen Rolton Oval on Monday, November 11. The Renegades with the biggest WBBL chase jumped to No 2 spot on the points table with eight points on the board.

England rendered West Indies a must-win situation in the remaining three matches of the T20 series with another solid win in Barbados. Captain Jos Buttler was the star of the Sunday victory for England as he smashed back to form after getting out for a duck in the series opener.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir backed KL Rahul's versatility as the veteran is likely to open the innings in Australia if the captain Rohit Sharma misses the opening Test match in Perth. Rahul hasn't put up great numbers in Test cricket in recent times.

Former India cricketer and ex-batting coach Sanjay Bangar's child Anaya shared her journey of transition through hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from a boy to being a trans woman now. Anaya shared her heartbreaking journey of being forced out of cricket with no proper regulations for trans women.

New Zealand stunned Sri Lanka in the second T20I to win a thriller by five runs and level the two-match series 1-1 in Dambulla. While Lockie Ferguson was the hat-trick hero, wicketkeeper-batter Mitch Hay broke the world record in New Zealand's brilliant defence of 108 on Sunday, November 10.

A replacement will be announced in the coming days as Australia look to storm back through T20Is after losing the ODI assignment 1-2 against Pakistan. Cooper Connolly fractured his left hand after being hit by Mohammad Hasnain short delivery during Australia's batting innings in the third ODI.

South Africa prevailed in a low-scoring thriller as Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee guided South Africa to a thrilling victory in the second T20I against India in Gqeberha. India fought hard with their spin attack with Varun Chakaravarthy registering his career-best figures but 124 was too low.

New Zealand defended a low score of 108 in a thriller in the second T20I against Sri Lanka on Sunday, November 10. Sri Lanka got off to a decent start before Lockie Ferguson ate up the entire middle order with his second T20 hat-trick and first in international cricket for New Zealand.