Indian cricket team returns to red-ball cricket after a long period as they clash against South Africa in a highly-anticipated Boxing Day fixture at Centurion's SuperSport Park. The venue is tipped to offer a good amount of help for the pacer bowlers from Day 1.
India head coach confirmed that KL Rahul will don the wicketkeeping gloves in the first Test match against South Africa ahead of Ishan Kishan's replacement KS Bharat and also revealed extra bounce and seam at the SuperSport Park pitch suggesting the importance of pace bowlers.
"Indian team has arrived in South Africa with its best ever chance. For the first time they have got fast bowlers, who can bowl 'the line' and not just hit the length. India have been coming for many years but very few of your fast bowlers were line bowlers," AB de Villiers said.
South African head coach Shukri Conrad confirmed Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi's return to the nets on Saturday ahead of the Boxing Day Test match against India and also highlighted India's poor record in Rainbow Nation.
South Africa are set to host the Indian cricket team in the much-awaited two-match Test series starting at Centurion's SuperSport Park on December 26 but rain is likely to play spoilsport on the first and second day of the match.
Deepak Chahar featured in the 4th T20I match against Australia in Raipur but missed the last game due to a family medial emergency. Chahar remains part of the T20I series against South Africa but he is yet to join the squad, according to reports.
South Africa host Indian cricket team in the first T20I game of the three-match series at Durban's Kingsmead on Sunday. Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja return to the T20 setup after missing the home series against Australia under Suryakuamr Yadav's leadership.
Aiden Markram-led South African team hosts the Indian cricket team in the first T20I match at Durban's Kingsmead on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav to lead Indian team in the three-match T20I series in the absence of captain Rohit Sharma.
IND vs AUS Pitch Report: Having already secured a series win, Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian cricket team will be hosting Matthew Wade's Australia in the fifth and the last T20I game of the five-match series at Bengaluru's M Chinnanswamy Stadium.
IND vs AUS Pitch Report: The Indian cricket team will be looking to seal the five-match series with a win in the 3rd T20I game against Matthew Wade-led Australian side at Guwahati's Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, November 28.
Max Verstappen recorded his 19th win in the Formula 1 2023 season with a P1 finish at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the last race of this year. Verstappen finished ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Mercedes driver George Russell.
According to the weather report from Accuweather, there are 55% chance of precipitation in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday where India play host to Australia in the second T20I game of the five-match match series.
Musheer Khan, the 18-year-old batting all-rounder, has already played three first-class matches and scored a triple hundred for Mumbai in the CK Nayudu Trophy. Musheer is the only player from the Mumbai Cricket Association selected for the U19 Asia Cup 2023.
Rinku Singh pulled off a six on the last ball when India needed one run to win the game. Rinku's finishing and fifties from Sruyakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan helped India earn a thrilling match by 2 wickets in Visakhapatnam.
After a dramatic ending to their ODI World Cup 2023 campaign, the Men in Blue will be seeking a quick return to winning ways with a five-match T20I series against Australia at home. Suryakumar Yadav leads the much-changed Indian side while Matthew Wade returns as captain for the travelling side.
Suryakumar Yadav will be leading the team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma and will have a selection headache going into the first T20I game in Visakhapatnam. Rutuaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal are likely to top open ahead of Ishan Kishan in the opening game on Thursday.
India and Australia are set to resume their rivalry in T20Is with a five-match series starting at Visakhapatnam's Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on November 23. Suryakumar Yadav leads the Indian team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma.
With ODI World Cup done and dusted, the focus now shifts on the other two formats - Tests and T20Is. India will be facing Australia in five-match T20I series starting from November 23 and will resume playing Tests next month in South Africa.
IND vs AUS pitch report: India and Australia are set to clash in the ICC World Cup 2023 final at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. The venue has produced balanced games in the four World Cup matches played here in this edition with the highest score of 286.
Tournament hosts India started their World Cup 2023 campaign with a thumping win over five-time champions Australia at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on October 8 and went on to record ten straight wins to reach the final for the fourth time.
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