India wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson ended his wait for a maiden international century by smashing 108 runs against South Africa in the third ODI game at Paarl's Boland Park and clinched the Player of the Match award on Thursday, December 21.

A popular Bollywood song 'Ram Siya Ram' which is also a devotional track has become a flavour in public places since it is from a film. Now, interestingly, it has become a Keshav Maharaj song in stadiums across South Africa and Indian captain KL Rahul couldn't hold himself back from pointing it out.

The star batter KL Rahul enjoyed a sensational year in ODIs with 1060 runs in just 24 innings and became the only second Indian wicketkeeper batter after MS Dhoni to score more than 1000 runs in ODIs in a calendar year.

South Africa recorded a dominant eight-wicket win in the second ODI match to level the three-match series against India at home. South Africa have never lost an ODI game against India at Boland Park and are favourites to clinch the series today.

IND vs SA: Sai Sudharsan scored an impressive fifty on his India debut as the opening batter helped India register an 8-wicket win over South Africa in the 1st ODI of a three-match series. After remaining unbeaten on 55, Sudharsan has joined an elite list of Indian players with a special record.

IND vs SA 1st ODI: KL Rahul is leading India in the ODI series against South Africa in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma. Captaincy is not new to Rahul as he has led the Men in Blue many times. Rahul has now gone past MS Dhoni in a major captaincy record.

The ODI series marks the return of Yuzvendra Chahal and Sanju Samson who were sitting on the sidelines for a very long time. In addition to that, emerging Tamil Nadu batter Sai Sudharsan has also been added to the ODI squad and might get an opportunity during the course of the series.

IND vs SA: Rinku Singh was recently seen in action in a three-match T20I series against South Africa. He has impressed many with his batting credentials in the shortest format and has earned an India ODI call-up. Sanju Samson has been recalled in the ODI side too.

India made wholesale changes to the ODI squad from the one that played the World Cup 2023 keeping in mind the workload, injuries and transition with an eye on the Test series. KL Rahul will lead the side in the absence of the seniors while a couple of players are set to make their debut.

KL Rahul left for South Africa on Tuesday, December 12 as he will be leading the Indian ODI team in the three-match series starting December 17 in the absence of Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. Rahul, who has embraced the middle-order role in the format, is set to expand it to Tests and in the IPL.

The BCCI announced three different Team India squads for the multi-format tour of South Africa. This will be the first time that the Indian team will be playing a Test match since July and there have been some significant changes in the squad from the one that played in the West Indies.

Glenn Maxwell signed off a brilliant tour of India with a record-equalling fourth T20I century against the hosts in the third of the five-match series in Guwahati. Maxwell helped Australia stay alive in the series after India had won the first two games and returned home after the 3rd T20I.

Experienced wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul guided Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to playoffs on both occasions since the team's entry into the Indian Premier League and has also been sensational with a bat with 890 runs in just 24 innings.

"If I have to pick any particular reason, I suppose the middle order should have played with a ‘do or die’ mindset. There was no batting to come after Jadeja and he had to bat deep, and batting deep meant he couldn’t take risks of getting out," Wasim Akram said.

Australia won their first ODI World Cup title back in 1987 under the leadership of Allan Border. Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Pat Cummins have since carried on the great Australian legacy and brought laurels to the country by winning ODI world titles.

Harbhajan Singh, who was in the Hindi commentary box during the World Cup Final match between India and Australia, made a 'sexist' remark on Anushka Sharma and Athiya Shetty, which has not gone down well with many people on the internet.

Indian wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul took an easy catch to dismiss Mitchell Marsh in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and became India's best-ever wicketkeeper in ODI World Cup history.

KL Rahul has been thoroughly impressive behind the stumps despite not being a frontline wicket-keeper as he has taken a few blinders in the ongoing World Cup. He now finds himself on the cusp of breaking an Indian record in the final against Australia.

India will now take on New Zealand in the first semifinal of the ongoing World Cup 2023. The Men in Blue will be up against the Blackcaps at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday, November 15 in a bid to qualify for the summit clash.

Shreyas Iyer top-scored with 128* runs off 94 balls and KL Rahul smashed a record-breaking hundred to help India score 410 runs in 50 overs while batting first against Netherlands at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.