South Africa and more importantly, coach Rob Walter will be glad to have his first T20I series win under his belt at last. South Africa have their first-choice players return for the ODIs and Pakistan are coming off a couple of series wins themselves, should be a cracker.
West Indies may not be part of the Champions Trophy, however, the two-time champions are in good form having beaten England recently in the ODI series and would want to continue in the same vein as they take on Bangladesh in three ODIs starting in St Kitts on Sunday, December 8.
The first ODI between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at the Sharjah Cricket Ground was a landmark one as the venue completed 300 matches in international cricket. Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat but could only muster 235 runs in their innings.
Afghanistan will be on cloud nine after beating South Africa 2-1 in the three-match ODI series in September and now the Bangladesh assignment will be another step in the right direction towards preparation for the Champions Trophy. Bangladesh, on the other hand, would want to start afresh.
West Indies will take on England in a three-match ODI series with the opener set to take place in Antigua on Thursday, October 31. A young English side led by Liam Livingstone will be keen to continue finding its feet as the visitors will be without Jos Buttler yet again for the ODIs at least.
New Zealand earned a couple of crucial World Championship points with a strong comeback win in the second ODI against India women with skipper Sophie Devine starring with all-round performance. India have some work to do especially regarding planning their run-chase as they look to win the series.
Afghanistan, after a historic ODI series win against South Africa, will be in action once again, against Bangladesh as part of the preparation for the Champions Trophy. The three-match ODI series will take place at a yet undecided venue in the UAE in the first week of November.
England and Australia will be playing their respective first series after last year's World Cup and this will be the start of their preparation for the Champions Trophy. Apart from Pat Cummins, all the big boys are back for Australia while Buttler-less England have got a few of the Test guys back.
Afghanistan didn't get to play the Test match against New Zealand due to poor conditions and weather in Greater Noida, but will now get back into action in the ODI series against South Africa in Sharjah. South Africa have picked a young squad and would hope to find some new heroes during the series.
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South Africa are set to play Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series in September in the UAE. Afghanistan, following their T20 World Cup heroics, have been in demand as they will play a Test match against New Zealand for the first time followed by a maiden bilateral series against the Proteas.
Mumbai have set a daunting total for Vidarbha to win the Ranji Trophy 2024 title. . On the other hand, Vikram Partap Singh scored a splendid hat-trick to help Mumbai beat NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League (ISL). All of that and much more in today's sports wrap.
Sri Lanka have already won the series winning the first two matches and will be looking to clean sweep Afghanistan. This is also a chance for them to test their bench strength even as Afghanistan will be keen on registering their first win of the tour.
After a fascinating Test series which saw West Indies becoming the first team to beat Australia in pink ball Test, the ODI series between the two teams got underway today (February 2) at the MCG. Xavier Bartlett made his debut and didn't take much time to pick his first wicket. Watch video here
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.
India TV Sports Wrap covers all National and International News from all Sports. In today's Sports Wrap IPL 2024 Auction To Get Underway In Dubai and South Africa To Lock Horns With India In 2nd Odi For more details watch the full video.
South Africa To Lock Horns With India In Odi Series Opener and Phil Salt's Maiden T20i Ton Keeps England Alive In T20i Series and on the other hand, The Wanderers To Turn Pink For 1st Odi. All of that and much more in today's sports wrap.
Suryakumar Yadav showed glimpses of what he can do in the one-day international format with a mature knock of 50 off 49 deliveries against Australia in the three-match ODI series opener against Australia and was relived after he helped India get to a five-wicket win.
England and Ireland will be involved in a three-match ODI series starting Wednesday, September 20. A second-string England team led by Zak Crawley will be facing Paul Stirling and Co., however, former Test captain Joe Root also has made himself available for the series.
Indian wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson opened up for the first time after being left out of the national side for the Australia series even when four of the first-choice players are rested for two of the three ODIs. Samson averages 55 in 12 ODIs with a strike rate of 104.
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