IND vs SA 1st Test: KL Rahul powered India to 245 with a sensational hundred on Day 2 of the first Test in Centurion. The wicket-keeper batter has scored his second hundred at the venue after his first came two years back.
IND vs SA 1st Test: KL Rahul batted extremely well in challenging conditions on the opening Day of the first Test between India and South Africa. From being 92/4, he took India to 208/8 at stumps on Day 1. Rahul's unbeaten fifty sees him join the likes of MS Dhoni and Rishabh Pant.
"So maybe somebody with Rahane's experience overseas... because Rahane overseas has been such a fine, fine player and maybe if he had been there today the story could have been completely different," Sunil Gavaskar said during commentary on the official broadcast.
The returning South African pacer Kagiso Rabada took five wickets to dominate the opening day of the first Test match against India at Centurion's SuperSport Park. KL Rahul's unbeaten 70 runs helped India score 208/8 in 59 overs as rain ended Day 1's play early.
Team India is gearing up to take on South Africa in a two-match Test series starting on December 26 in Centurion. The Rohit Sharma-led side last played a Test match in July against the West Indies and the squad has witnessed a few changes since then including a return for two World Cup stars.
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.
India wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson ended his wait for a maiden international century by smashing 108 runs against South Africa in the third ODI game at Paarl's Boland Park and clinched the Player of the Match award on Thursday, December 21.
The Indian cricket team won the 3rd and the final ODI of the series against South Africa to clinch the series 2-1 at Paarl. The Men in Blue topped the Proteas challenge with a 78-run win in the 3rd game as Sanju Samson and Arshdeep Singh showed their brilliance.
A popular Bollywood song 'Ram Siya Ram' which is also a devotional track has become a flavour in public places since it is from a film. Now, interestingly, it has become a Keshav Maharaj song in stadiums across South Africa and Indian captain KL Rahul couldn't hold himself back from pointing it out.
The star batter KL Rahul enjoyed a sensational year in ODIs with 1060 runs in just 24 innings and became the only second Indian wicketkeeper batter after MS Dhoni to score more than 1000 runs in ODIs in a calendar year.
South Africa recorded a dominant eight-wicket win in the second ODI match to level the three-match series against India at home. South Africa have never lost an ODI game against India at Boland Park and are favourites to clinch the series today.
IND vs SA: Sai Sudharsan scored an impressive fifty on his India debut as the opening batter helped India register an 8-wicket win over South Africa in the 1st ODI of a three-match series. After remaining unbeaten on 55, Sudharsan has joined an elite list of Indian players with a special record.
IND vs SA 1st ODI: KL Rahul is leading India in the ODI series against South Africa in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma. Captaincy is not new to Rahul as he has led the Men in Blue many times. Rahul has now gone past MS Dhoni in a major captaincy record.
The ODI series marks the return of Yuzvendra Chahal and Sanju Samson who were sitting on the sidelines for a very long time. In addition to that, emerging Tamil Nadu batter Sai Sudharsan has also been added to the ODI squad and might get an opportunity during the course of the series.
IND vs SA: Rinku Singh was recently seen in action in a three-match T20I series against South Africa. He has impressed many with his batting credentials in the shortest format and has earned an India ODI call-up. Sanju Samson has been recalled in the ODI side too.
India made wholesale changes to the ODI squad from the one that played the World Cup 2023 keeping in mind the workload, injuries and transition with an eye on the Test series. KL Rahul will lead the side in the absence of the seniors while a couple of players are set to make their debut.
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 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.
Glenn Maxwell signed off a brilliant tour of India with a record-equalling fourth T20I century against the hosts in the third of the five-match series in Guwahati. Maxwell helped Australia stay alive in the series after India had won the first two games and returned home after the 3rd T20I.
Experienced wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul guided Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to playoffs on both occasions since the team's entry into the Indian Premier League and has also been sensational with a bat with 890 runs in just 24 innings.
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