Experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and star opener Shubman Gill were rested for the T20I series against Australia at home but the duo are included in the upcoming South Africa tour and are part of T20I and Test teams.
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav is set to lead the men in blue in South Africa in the three-match T20I series with the opener to be played on December 10. After a below-par T20I series against Australia at home, Surya will be eyeing multiple records in the upcoming series again.
India have played a total of eight Test series in South Africa and are still searching for an elusive series win. The best result for them came during the 2010-11 tour when a three-match contest ended in a stalemate.
India and South Africa have to play two Test matches against each other from December 26 onwards. The Proteas have never lost a Test series to India at home and would be banking on that record when they face the Indian Test.
SA vs IND: Quinton de Kock was recently seen in the ODI World Cup 2023 where he scored 594 runs in 10 matches. The Proteas star had earlier stated that he would be retiring from ODI cricket after the World Cup but South Africa coach Rob Walter has made a shocking revelation.
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.
India last played a T20I series in South Africa in 2017-18 and won it 2-1. However, they suffered a whitewash (3-0) in the previous ODI series that they played during their 2021-22 tour of South Africa.
Virat Kohli equalled Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar's record of most centuries in ODI cricket - 49 - as he reached the milestone ton against South Africa in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match in Kolkata. Kohli also achieved a world record, which no other batter has gotten to.
India TV Sports Wrap on November 6: India left South Africa gasping for breath inflicting a 243-run defeat over the Proteas in the ongoing World Cup while Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh in a battle for survival in Delhi. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on November 6.
Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh in a battle for survival in hazy Delhi on Monday, November 6 in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. In the pre-match press conference, Sri Lankan skipper Kusal Mendis was oddly asked about Virat Kohli's 49th ODI century, out of nowhere.
"He is perfection when it comes to batting. It’s a very emotional moment for me. I know where I come from, I know the days I have watched him on TV. Just to get that appreciation from him means a lot to me," Virat Kohli said after bagging the Player of the Match trophy.
India beats South Africa in World Cup 2023; Virat Kohli completes 49th century
It was Virat Kohli's day and the birthday boy didn't let anyone feel any other way in Kolkata as India took on South Africa in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup on Sunday, November 5. Kohli smashed his 49th ODI century and then entertained the crowd with his dance moves on the field.
India have won eight out of their eight games in the ongoing marquee tournament and have one more game left to play. They will take on Netherlands at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on November 12.
Celebrating his 35th birthday on November 5, 2023, Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten hundred against South Africa in a World Cup match at Kolkata's Eden Gardens and became the only seventh cricketer in the world to score an ODI century on birthday.
Virat Kohli has now scored the most fifty-plus totals in ODIs. He has also aggregated over 500 runs in the ongoing edition of the World Cup and surpassed his previous-best tally of 443 runs which came in the 2019 edition.
Birthday boy Virat Kohli smashed the record-equalling and long-awaited 49th ODI century as he equalled the Master Blaster against South Africa in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in Kolkata on Sunday, November 5. India posted a huge score of 326 runs on the board after choosing to bat first.
Virat Kohli continued his sensational form in World Cup 2023 by smashing his sixth 50-plus score in the World Cup 2023 and also completed 6000 runs in ODIs while playing in India. He became the only second Indian to record 6000-plus ODI runs in India.
India have won seven out of their seven games in the ongoing showpiece event with 14 points and a net run rate (NRR) of 2.102. The Men in Blue have already qualified for the semifinals and would like to finish at the top of the points table after the end of the round-robin stage.
India and South Africa are meeting in the ongoing World Cup for the very first time. While the Men in Blue are still unbeaten in the showpiece event, the Proteas have only conceded one game and hence it promises to be a mouth-watering clash.
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