South Africa vs India T20I series: David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen among other senior players are making their return to international cricket after the heart-breaking loss to Team India in the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
India will be up against South Africa in a four-match T20 series set to commence in Durban on November 8. With the Gautam Gambhir-led support staff set to accompany the Test team to Australia, VVS Laxman has been trusted with the job yet again with the T20 outfit.
The BCCI named a 15-member squad for four-match T20I series against South Africa next month with most of the side retained from the one that played against Bangladesh in first half of October. One of the stars of the Emerging T20 Asia Cup, Ramandeep Singh has earned a maiden India call-up.
India against South Africa in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final - many not expected this but it perfectly reflects the fickle nature of the T20 format and the chaotic structure of the competition. One team's unbeaten run will come to an end rather decisively while the other will script history.
Team India and the semi-final got over the Guyana bad weather threat to progress to the final but there is an even bigger rain threat in Barbados ahead of the final. India take on South Africa in the grand finale of the T20 World Cup on Saturday, June 29 in search of that elusive trophy.
A first-ever men's senior World Cup final for South Africa take on India, who have had a performance block in the summit clash in a battle for the T20 World Cup trophy. Both teams have been unbeaten so far and will hope to keep their nerves and not let the occasion get the better of themselves.
This is the second time India have managed to draw a Test series in South Africa. Earlier, during the 2010-11 tour to the Rainbow Nation, the Indian team had managed to draw a two-match Test series.
Team India moved to the top of the table in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after a 7-wicket win in Cape Town against South Africa. India had dropped to sixth position after the loss in Centurion and a further two-point deduction due to slow over-rate.
India won a Test in Cape Town for the first time as the Rohit Sharma-led side levelled the two-match series 1-1. The match ended in just two days with a total of 107 overs being played, which is the shortest time a Test match has ended with a result in history.
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.
Jasprit Bumrah was on fire yet again as he picked up his second five-wicket haul at Newlands in Cape Town, a venue where he made his Test debut six years ago in 2018. India bowled out South Africa for just 176 in the second innings and will need 79 runs to chase to win first-ever Test in Cape Town.
Ravi Shastri with the one-liner of the match left the viewers and his co-commentators in splits after seeing India blow out advantage going from 153/4 to 153 all out. India did take a 98-run lead against South Africa in Cape Town but they were looking good for a few more.
23 wickets fell on Day 1 of the series decider between India and South Africa, only the second time in Test cricket history and for the first time on the opening day as the batters from both teams struggled in Cape Town. India are marginally ahead and will look to wrap the game up on the second day.
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.
Captain Rohit Sharma spoke in detail about Shubman Gill's batting position and what he personally thinks about No.3 in Test cricket ahead of the second and final match against South Africa. Gill has struggled at No. 3 so far having scored just 120 runs in six innings.
India are placed sixth on the World Test Championship (WTC 2023-25) points table with a total of 38.89 Percentage of Points (PCT). They have played three games in the ongoing cycle and won, lost and drawn one game each.
India lost the opportunity to claim an elusive Test series win on South African soil after being comprehensively beaten by the Proteas in the first Test of the two-match series at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
South Africa hammered India by an innings and 32 runs to claim the first Test of the two-match series at the SuperSport Park in Centurion to keep their spotless home record against the latter intact.
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.
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.
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