"South Africa's Test squad for New Zealand has sent shockwaves around the cricketing world and has made it clear that Test cricket is under pressure, for that matter even ODI cricket and the whole system is turning around T20 cricket," de Villiers said.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner made a successful return to court after a gap of almost a year but pulled off a muscle tear during his Brisbane International game against Jordan Thompson in the quater-final clash on January 5.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored an unbeaten double-hundred for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy clash against Jharkhand. Pujara has hit his 17th double ton in first-class cricket. His knock comes ahead of India's Test squad announcement for the England series.
Sachin Tendulkar's social media post comes amidst calls to 'Boycott Maldives'. Tendulkar posted a picture and a video of Sindhudurg when he celebrated his 50th birthday at the venue. Notably, several other Indian celebrities have also posted on the social media trend.
Steve Smith recently threw his name in the potential candidates to replace David Warner at the top of the order. Smith said he is happy to open if it is needed. Meanwhile, Australia's head coach Andrew McDonald has opened on the Aussie stalwart's keenness to open the innings.
India TV Sports Wrap on January 7: With a series win up for grabs, India women face Australia women in the 2nd T20I. From Cricket to football, here are the top 10 trending sports stories on January 7.
IND-W vs AUS-W: Ellyse Perry has been one of Australia's multi-time World Cup winners. She has played an integral role in Australia's success in the golden days. Perry is now on the brink of creating an all-time Australian record.
IND vs AFG: India are yet to announce their squad for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have reportedly made themselves available for the Afghanistan T20I series. The series will be India's final T20I assignment before the World Cup next year.
Playing their first international match after a disastrous World Cup 2023 campaign, a new-look Sri Lankan side scored 273 runs while batting first in the opening ODI game against Zimbabwe at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium on Saturday.
"India can produce different pitches: it doesn't have to turn. We've seen how potent their seam attack has been recently. I'm sure the pitches will turn: it's whether or not they'll turn from day one, which potentially negates a bit of their strength in their seam," Bairstow said.
Jaydev Unadkat-led Saurashtra kicked off their title defence by bowling out Jharkhand on just 142 runs in the Ranji Trophy 2024 opener in Rajkot and then Cheteshwar Pujara's 157* off 238 balls helped them score a total of 406/4 on Day 2.
The legendary Indian pace all-rounder Kapil Dev famously guided India to their maiden ICC title in 1983 and remains the only cricketer in the world to took 400 plus wickets and score more than 5000 runs in Test cricket history
Afghanistan will tour India for a three-match T20I series starting from January 11. They have named a 19-member squad for the series against India. Notably, Mujeeb has made a return.
"I hope I put a smile on everyone's face with the way that I played and hopefully the young kids out there can follow in my footsteps. White ball cricket to Test cricket. It's the pinnacle of our sport," David Warner said at SCG on Saturday.
Bihar kicked off their Ranji Trophy season with a game against Mumbai at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna. Two teams from Bihar were named to take on the 41-time champions as chaos erupted at the venue. The start was delayed due to the bizarre incident.
Bengal cricketer Abhimanyu Easwaran will be leading a strong 13-member squad in a two-day warm-up fixture & the first multi-day match against the England Lions at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium starting on January 12.
David Warner retires from Test cricket after playing his final match in Sydney against Pakistan. He helped his team beat the visitors on Day 4 of the Test match and signed off in style with a fifty. Warner scored a fifty in his final innings at the SCG.
Ambati Rayudu joined the YSRCP party days before the end of 2023. He has now quit the party and has said that he will stay away from Politics for a little while and will convey his further course of action in due course of time. Rayudu retired from IPL after the end of the 2023 season.
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe pitch report: After the ODI World Cup 2023, Sri Lanka will step onto the field for the first time. Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will take each other in a multi-format series at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Kusal Mendis will be leading the ODI side.
Sri Lanka are going to play their first game after their underwhelming ODI World Cup campaign in India which saw them finish ninth on the points table and fail to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
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