Dhawan, who scored 143 runs to emerge as the top run-getter in the three-game T20I series, jumped 14 places to grab a career-best 28th spot.

Throughout the tour, Kumar has been the standout bowler for India but pacer didn't take any credit and attributed his success to the entire bowling unit.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked his maiden five-wicket haul (5/24) as India won the first T20I by 28 runs after restricting South Africa to 175 for 9 in 20 overs in Johannesburg on Sunday.

India's 203/5 appeared too much for South Africa as could only muster 175/9 in their response after opting to bowl first.

The Meerut quick became the first India pacer to claim a five-wicket haul in T20Is and across all formats of cricket.

Asked to elaborate on the technical aspects, Akram explained that Shami's erratic strides at times hinder his consistency level.

Nagarkoti and Mavi have been the pace spearhead of the U-19 team as they clocked over 145 kmph during the World Cup.

In the recently happened Player Retention event in Mumbai, Sunrisers held on to the specialists as they retained explosive Australian opener David Warner and Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the 2018 edition of the tournament.

Sourav Ganguly said the wicket was "unfair" for the batsmen and International Cricket Council (ICC) should look into the matter.

Already 2-0 down and facing a series whitewash, India lost eight wickets for 142 runs after lunch.

Speaking about the omission of Ajinkya Rahane from the first two Tests against South Africa, the 'Turbanator' feels that there is no guarantee that things would have been different had Rahane played.

The players witnessed an entirely different side of South Africa as they took out time to explore the wildlife with their respective families.

Prabhakar slammed India's team selection in the ongoing Test series, saying it is a shame to pick players for a Test match based on their form in limited over cricket.

In the first innings, senior pacer Ishant ended with figures of 3 for 46 on his return to the playing eleven.

he former cricketers feel Indian skipper Virat Kohli's move to play Ishant Sharma in the second Test at the expense of Bhuvneshwar Kumar was a baffling one.

After losing the first Test by 72 runs, Kohli made three changes in the playing XI for the second Test, started in Centurion on Saturday.

Bhuvneshwar conceded that the road won't be so smooth for the Indians, tottering at 28/3 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test, despite bowling South Africa out for 286.

Murali Vijay (1), Shikhar Dhawan (16) and captain Virat Kohli (5) all lost their wickets within 11 overs of play of the Indian innings.

Srinath also expressed plenty of hope in the current Indian fast bowling line-up, which has a mix of youth and experience in the likes of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.

The Indian pacers' focus as of now has been on bowling multiple long spells, which they will need to bowl in the series starting with first Test at Newlands from January 5.