Sanju Samson, the recent centurion for India in the ODIs against South Africa, has returned to the T20 squad for the upcoming Afghanistan series. Samson last played a T20I for India against Ireland and will hope to make a mark as he will be playing alongside the first-choice stars after a long time.
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
Indian cricket team will kick off their ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against Ireland at New York's Eisenhower Park on June 5 and then clash against rivals Pakistan on June 9. India are drawn in Group A with Pakistan, Canada, Ireland and co-hosts USA.
Team India achieved their first-ever win in Tests in Cape Town in their seventh appearance at the venue as the visitors levelled the two-match series 1-1. The match was completed in 107 overs, which is the shortest for a Test that ended in a result as India won by 7 wickets on Day 2 itself.
India vs South Africa 2nd Test Highlights: Team India finally breached the Cape Town fortress for the first time in history as the visitors won the second Test against South Africa by 7 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj with six-fers in each innings starred for India with the ball.
Former cricketer Kris Srikkanth called the Indian team overrated in T20Is and Test matches looking at how they have performed in the two formats in the last year or so. Srikkanth admitted that in the ODIs the Men in Blue have been fantastic but in Tests, especially, they have not been good recently.
Shubman Gill enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2023 with a record 2154 runs in 52 international innings with seven hundreds and 10 fifties. Gill also shone in IPL 2023 with a staggering 890 runs in 17 innings to grab the Orange Cap award.
Team India ended a middling 2023 on a poor note losing the final Test of the year as South Africa gave them a humbling by an innings and 32 runs. However, before the year was over, the visitors got some good news in the form of their all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's fitness.
Barring the heartbreaking loss that came at the hands of Australia in the ODI World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India performed remarkably well in the 50-overs format in 2023.
If a defeat by an innings and 32 runs wasn't enough, the Indian team was slapped with a fine and penalty for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first Test against South Africa. India who slipped to fifth position in the World Test Championship standings after the loss, slipped even further.
Captain Rohit Sharma was positive about his team's batting quality despite the abject surrender in the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. India were bowled out twice in a little over 101 overs combined while South Africa outbatted them scoring 408 in 108 overs in just one innings.
South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series after beating India by an innings and 32 runs. The Proteas proved to be too strong for India with both bat and ball and now find themselves at the top of the table in the World Test Championship standings and India faced a massive drop.
South Africa landed a knockout punch on India as they won the Boxing Day Test in Centurion within three days. It was an abject surrender from the Indian team with both bat and ball as they first conceded a 163-run lead and then were folded for just 131 with Virat Kohli putting up some fight.
It was as magical a World Cup campaign as it could get for the Indian team but good things always come to an end the final was it for the Men in Blue. Having won all 10 games on the road to the final, India faltered in the big final against Australia and Mohammed Shami said that it still stings.
South Africa dominated the proceedings on the second day of the Boxing Day Test as they not only took a lead against India but they still have half their side left and a set Dean Elgar batting on 140. Earlier, KL Rahul completed his century to give India a respectable score on board of 245.
Having failed on the previous eight occasions, the Indian cricket team is on a mission to claim its first Test series win in South Africa. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are back in action on the international scene after India's heartbreaking loss to Australia in the ODI World Cup final.
India drew the T20I series 1-1 and clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1 under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav and Lokesh Rahul respectively. Now, India are about to feature in their second Test series of the ongoing World Test Championship Cycle 2023-25.
Indian cricket team will conclude their multi-format South Africa tour with a two-match Test series starting in Centurion on December 26 and will have a tough task against the history due to their poor head-to-head record in the Rainbow Nation.
India's star cricketer Suryakumar Yadav reportedly twisted his ankle during the third T20I game against South Africa in Johannesburg on December 14 and is likely to remain on the sidelines for six weeks.
India sealed the three-match series in the decider against South Africa in Paarl on Thursday, December 21 with a 78-run win in the third ODI. Sanju Samson starred with his maiden international century while Arshdeep Singh capped off the series with 10 wickets in three matches.
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