Anrich Nortje demolished Sri Lanka with career-best figures of 4/7 as South Africa exploited the bounce on offer to secure a six-wicket win in their T20 World Cup opener in New York on Monday.
Shreyas Iyer, who led KKR to the IPL 2024 title, could be headed for the players' auction after failing to make a breakthrough in negotiations, while K L Rahul is also unlikely to be retained by LSG.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 34.
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India all-rounder Washington Sundar has been nominated for the ICC 'Player of the month' award for July alongside England's Gus Atkinson and Charlie Cassell of Scotland.
Virat Kohli continued his love affair with T20 World Cup finals, reaching his second fifty in as many appearances.
Rabada was initially suspended for two matches by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after brushing against the shoulder of Smith after dismissing the batsman in the six-wicket second Test victory for South Africa in Port Elizabeth.
South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis described Kagiso Rabada's performance as "phenomenal" after the young paceman helped turn a parlous situation on day two of the first Test against Australia into a thumping 177-run victory on Monday. The tourists had done well to get to 242 all out after being 5-81 on day one but were looking down the barrel of a heavy defeat when Australia raced to 158 without loss on day two. Matters got worse when, having finally broken the opening partnership, South Africa's pace spearhead Dale Steyn was forced off the field with a shoulder fracture that ruled him out of the series.
Kagiso Rabada claimed a six-wicket haul on Thursday as South Africa bowled Sri Lanka out for 224 in their second innings to win the second Test by 282 runs with a day and a half to spare and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Sri Lanka failed to last the first session of the fourth day at Newlands, having resumed on 130-4 and being dismissed after just over 100 minutes of play.
South Africa shredded through the Indian batting line-up to claim victory by an innings and 32 runs in the first Test.
South Africa's T20 World Cup campaign has seen them win close matches repeatedly, much to the delight of spinner Tabraiz Shamsi.
Kagiso Rabada said South Africa are gunning for a whitewash of India, having trampled the visitors in the first two matches.
Shikhar Dhawan has revealed that Rishabh Pant was not even able to perform basic chores like going to washroom all by himself following a horrific car crash.
Mossajee said Rabada will be fully fit within three weeks as his rehabilitation is on track.
Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has come under fire for his comment on Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada made during the first Test at the WACA in Perth, which offended the South African fans.
Images from the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings at Mohali on Tuesday.
Andre Russell endured a beamer blow but still produced a blistering knock to lift Kolkata to a fighting 185 for 8 against Delhi Capitals in an IPL match, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
England will be looking to bounce back from a rain-affected opening match and solidify their T20 World Cup campaign
South Africa captain Aiden Markram acknowledged that the Proteas erred a bit in attempting to finish off the chase
Kagiso Rabada would like to believe that all is not lost for the home team.
The South Africa pacer played six matches for Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing tenth edition of the 2017 Indian Premier League before returning home and he said the Twenty20 tournament is "a huge network of ideas."
Top-ranked South Africa lost their three-match series to England 2-1 but former ICC U-19 World Cup star Rabada's haul of four for 39 in the final match at Lord's on Monday helped him finish the series with seven wickets and become the youngest number-one bowler since Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq in 1998.
Kagiso Rabada became the youngest South Africa bowler to take seven wickets in an innings as the hosts took charge of the fourth and final Test against England on Sunday.
Kagiso Rabada considers himself 'blessed' to have been a part of the 'Born-Free generation' with parents, who endured tough times to create a level-playing field for him.
'I've played a lot of day T20s in cricket in the West Indies and generally that is the most important time to score runs, it was the easiest time to score runs...'
South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn will miss the second Test against England, which starts at Newlands on Saturday, after failing to recover from a shoulder injury, captain Hashim Amla said.
South Africa coach Ottis Gibson believes the world's best Test bowler Kagiso Rabada has learnt from his brush with suspension and expects more mature on-field behaviour in the third Test against Australia starting in Cape Town on Thursday.
Mercurial paceman Kagiso Rabada produced the second best match figures by a South African to propel his side to a consolation 280-run victory over a feeble England on the last morning of the fourth and final Test.
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Kagiso Rabada has been named the Newcomer of the Year at South Africa's annual Sports Awards.
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Images from the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
South Africa created history as they defended the lowest ever total in the history of the T20 World Cup.
Both SRH and PBKS have two wins and two losses from their four matches to be tied with two other teams in the middle with four points
Images from Day 3 in the first Test between South Africa and India, at SuperSports Park, Centurion, on Thursday.
Plunkett, who has featured in 13 Tests, 65 One-Day Internationals and 15 Twenty20 Internationals for England, was picked from the Registered Available Player Pool (RAPP) list, according to a media release.
The country's woes at World Cups, be it the 50-over or shortest format, are well documented and so the expectations back home have been tempered
Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi picked up four wickets each to set up South Africa's five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at Dambulla on Sunday.
A look at the best batters in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings match.
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