Australia bowled out South Africa for a below-par 212 despite David Miller's defiant 101 but the chase was not as straightforward as Pat Cummins and his team would have liked.
Misfiring Indian bowlers in focus as India seek series-levelling win over SA in third T20I
Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to unleash their brute batting power on struggling Royal Challengers Bengaluru when the two teams face off in their return-leg fixture of the IPL in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Pat Cummins-led side will also want to challenge for the top two spots, which is a possibility considering they have one more game after this match and a healthy net run rate of +0.406.
Mumbai Indians will aim to land the killer punch after fluffing an easy run-chase in their opener when they meet a dangerous Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the World Cup match between India and South Africa played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday
He walked on crutches in one of his first public appearances at Feroz Shah Kotla last year, but when an emotional Rishabh Pant walks out as captain of Delhi Capitals, he will need to put on his 'out of box' thinking cap to stop a marauding Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match in New Delhi on Saturday.
Australia were grossly under-prepared for the India challenge, while pacer Mitchell Starc virtually ran out of ideas when Rohit Sharma smashed him for 29 runs in an over in their Super Eights match in Gros Islet (Saint Lucia), says former-cricketer Brad Hogg.
Aiden Markram handed South Africa a strong start, but fell just four short of his ton as West Indies fought back on the opening day of the second Test.
IMAGES from the first ODI between South Africa and India played at The Wanderers, in Johannesburg, on Sunday.
The former skipper called Rohit an "old-school" long-format batter. He added that there will be np competition if Rohit extend his career.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup FINAL played between India and South Africa in Barbados on Saturday
England have been largely rusty and inconsistent despite having a dangerous squad on paper.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024 after Game 54.
The South Africa series in that context is the last big international T20 series that India play followed by one against Afghanistan in mid-January.
Injury blow hit the South African camp as Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the second Test against West Indies.
KKR's Mitchell Starc rose to the occasion in the biggest game of the season.
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Khaleel Ahmed, who had already been smashed for four earlier in the over, unleashed a slower ball which was completely mistimed by Markram and the ball fell into Kuldeep Yadav's waiting arms at the mid-wicket boundary.
India's solitary ODI series win in the Rainbow nation occurred in 2018, emphasising the need for a strong beginning from Ruturaj Gaikwad and B Sai Sudharsan.
Rahul bemoans batting failures in ODI loss to South Africa
"Have not captained Australia in T20s, its a bit faster": SRH skipper Pat Cummins ahead of MI clash
Rohit Sharma did practically everything right in the T20 WC: He batted brilliantly, he captained even more capably, but he failed to top the most valuable player table. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024.
Maxwell's celebration, characterised by a 'rock the cradle' gesture, added an extra layer of significance to his already exceptional performance.
The batting as a whole has not clicked for Sunrisers and it is no surprise they find themselves in a desperate situation in the second half of the tournament.
High-flying Kolkata Knight Riders and an unpredictable Sunrisers Hyderabad, teams that have built their IPL 2024 campaign on power-hitting, will look to outmuscle each other in Qualifier 1 in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL campaign that began with optimism has melted into chaos. Their bowlers require a drastic transformation in mindset against Sunrisers Hyderabad for them to register an elusive win in Bengaluru on Monday.
Mohammed Siraj's 6/15 is the third best bowling figures by an Indian bowler in South Africa.
Dominating the Powerplay overs both with bat and ball was key to Australia's victory in the World Cup semi-finals against South Africa.
A desperate India seek to restore parity against South Africa and remain consequential in the World Test Championship.
Game 28 of IPL 2022 will see the Punjab Kings take on the SunRisers Hyderabad at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.
Gujarat Titans pride themselves on consistency and will be expected to produce a solid show against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL match in Ahmedabad on Monday after a rare "flat" performance against Mumbai Indians.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
KKR are now eighth with four wins and six losses while SRH are at the ninth position with three wins and six losses. They have a total of six points.
IMAGES from the Group 2 Super 8 match, played between South Africa and USA, in North Sound, Antigua, on Wednesday.
Tactician par excellence Gautam Gambhir couldn't have envisaged a battle of brains with a more different kind of adversary than the smiling yet ruthless Pat Cummins as Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai on Sunday.
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For the golden generation of Indian cricketers, this is their last chance to conquest what no other team could on eight previous tours.
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