Ashok Menaria-led Haryana cricket team continued its unbeaten run in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy and qualified for their first-ever final. Haryana beat Tamil Nadu by 63 runs in the semi-final in Rajkot after Himanshu Rana's sensational ton and Anshul Kamboj's four-wicket haul.
The Indian women's cricket team will be finally playing a home Test after nine years as Harmanpreet Kaur and Co take on England starting Thursday, December 14 in Navi Mumbai. After avoiding a whitewash in T20Is, Harmanpreet will be keen to turn it around in Tests on her red-ball debut as captain.
Pakistan's toughest Test tour in recent times kicks off in Perth against Australia on Thursday, December 14. While there is excitement around the group with the new leadership group including captain Shan Masood, with a weak bowling attack, it will be a huge challenge for Pakistan.
Team India pacer Mohammed Shami was added to the final list of sportspersons nominated for the Arjuna Award following a sensational ICC Men's Cricket World Cup campaign. Shami ended up taking 24 wickets in just seven matches at the World Cup and was the highest wicket-taker in the tournament.
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 first of the three-match Test series is set to be played between Australia and Pakistan is set to commence on December 14 in Perth. Pakistan are taking the field for the first time since the World Cup debacle while the Aussies are playing Tests after a long gap.
Australia cricketer Nathan Lyon is arguably the greatest spinner in the country after Shane Warne. He has been with the Test team for more than a decade now and has carved out a niche for himself. Lyon will be playing in the upcoming three-match Test series against Pakistan from December 14.
Along with the senior Indian team, India A has also toured the rainbow nation to face South Africa A for a couple of unofficial Test matches. Krishna is part of the Test squad as well and has made his case to make it to the XI in the first Test vs South Africa too.
ICC rankings: Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh recently anchored India's first innings total against South Africa in the second T20I. The duo notched up a stand of 70 runs and also scored their respective fifties on India's way to 180 from 19.3 overs.
Rohit Sharma was last seen in action in a T20I game in India's 20-over World Cup semifinal defeat against England in 2022. He has opted out of the white-ball leg of the South Africa tour. However, Rohit has dropped a major hint on playing the T20 World Cup 2024.
Usman Khawaja sported shoes with the messages "all lives are equal" and "freedom is a human right" during his team's practice session on Tuesday ahead of the first Test against Pakistan. However, Pat Cummins has confirmed that the opener won't be wearing shoes with those messages in the first Test.
The first Test between Australia and Pakistan is set to commence on December 14 in Perth. Both teams have now named their playing XIs for the clash. Pakistan have handed Test debuts to two players in their playing XI and have not included any spinner.
India batter Rinku Singh starred with the bat in the second T20I against South Africa smashing an unbeaten 68 off just 39 balls. During his stay in the middle, Rinku's one of the sixes shattered the glass of the media box and the video of the same also went viral.
Australia have named their Playing XI for the 1st Test one day before the game in Perth. They have reappointed one of their World Cup stars as vice-captain of Tests. Australia and Pakistan will be playing three Test matches against each other.
India TV Sports Wrap on December 13: The Indian team lost to South Africa in the second T20I of the three-match series on Tuesday. From Cricket to football, here are the top 10 trending sports stories on December 13.
Suryakumar Yadav played a crucial 56-run knock to help India in a tough situation in the first innings of the second T20I against South Africa. He helped the Men in Blue amass 180 runs in India's rain-curtailed first innings. SKY has shattered a couple of records on way to his fifty.
The Indian Board has listed three Annexures - A, B and C which provide further details of the sponsorship process. As per the BCCI, the interested parties would need to pay a non-refundable amount of INR 5,00,000 to get the ‘Invitation to Tender’ documents.
South Africa chased down the 152-run revised target in a rain-curtailed match with 5 wickets in hand and seven balls to spare. The Proteas took a 1-0 lead and with only one T20I left, they can't lose the series. India's interim T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav opened on the loss.
India's emerging T20 finisher Rinku Singh smashed his first half-century for India in the format in the second T20I against South Africa in Gqeberha on Tuesday, December 12. Along the way, Rinku made his presence felt at St George's Park literally as he broke one of the media box glasses.
Rinku Singh has become the toast of the town as he continues to flourish in the middle-order role for India in T20Is. Rinku continued in international cricket from where he left off in IPL 2023 for Kolkata Knight Riders and now notched up his maiden T20I fifty against South Africa.
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