Brilliant camaraderie was witnessed between the players of the two teams.
Former South Africa skipper Dean Elgar has claimed that star India batter Virat Kohli "spat at him" during a Test match and apologised two years later after being confronted by his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate AB de Villiers.
Gavaskar hoped that Gill would find his range sooner than later.
The Indian team on Sunday began training for the decisive third and final Test against South Africa here, hoping to recover from the defeat in Johannesburg and claim its maiden series win in the Rainbow Nation.
'There have been and will continue to be, so many captivating stories in colonial India.' 'Obviously, most of the white people were British, so if I am going to take on a role in a film set in one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history, then it only stands to reason that my character would be of British descent.' 'But that doesn't mean all my roles are negative.'
'It's been a slow moving car crash up to now and now it's kind of like, bang -- impact has been made.'
He is an acclaimed T20 freelancer but white ball commitments for England is still a priority for Liam Livingstone, one of the world's most destructive batters in the shortest format.
David Warner has expressed his ambition to take up coaching in future.
Mohammed Siraj's 6/15 is the third best bowling figures by an Indian bowler in South Africa.
The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee will have some sleepless nights before selecting the squad for T20s against Afghanistan with veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli keen to play the World Cup in June.
A minimum of three-match Test series and the home team footing the bill of the visiting side in a bilateral contest are some of the recommendations made by the MCC's World Cricket Committee.
Jaishankar said that he can talk for himself and does not do politics while travelling abroad.
A desperate India seek to restore parity against South Africa and remain consequential in the World Test Championship.
There will be plenty of scrutiny of the Newlands pitch with the match completed in 642 balls, the shortest ever test in which there has been a winner, beating Australia's 656-ball victory over South Africa in 1932.
The third and final India-South Africa Test began at Cape Town on Tuesday.
During an action-packed day one of second Test between India and South Africa, a total of 23 wickets fell, which is the second highest number of wickets falling on day one of a Test.
South Africa completed an innings victory over New Zealand on Friday in a result which was never in doubt after the visitors collapsed to 45 all out before lunch on the opening day of the first Test.
Nandre Burger, replacing injured Lungi Ngidi in the line-up, finished with match figures of 7-83
In the ODI rankings, Sri Lanka's two ODI matches at home against Zimbabwe =saw a number of movers, most notably on the bowling side through spinner Maheesh Theekshana, who moved to a career high rating (634) and rank (11th) with four wickets across the matches.
South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad slammed the Newlands pitch as 'not great'.
'He started the campaign really well in the IPL and he needs some support. He's not going to score runs on every occasion.'
South Africa confirm updated India itinerary.
'It's a nice feeling to hear 'Ram Siya Ram' in the background'
South Africa's batting great AB de Villiers is clearly disappointed that the ever-growing popularity of T20 Cricket is putting Test cricket 'under pressure'.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 will premiere on July 15 on Colors TV.
India registered a thrilling 6-3 win over South Africa to advance to the final of the FIH Hockey5s Women's World Cup in Muscat.
Four franchises were involved in a bidding war with MI Cape Town making the initial move followed by Paarl Royals. However, towards the end it was Johannesburg Super Kings and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who fought tooth and nail before the latter made a winning bid of R 9.2 million.
'As long as the guys understand the way that we want to try play as a team and can keep that close to them when playing in different leagues and tournaments. Then hopefully by the time we meet up for the World Cup, the guys are used to that brand and how we want to operate as a team.'
The India pacer was more pleased about rectifying the mistakes he committed during the first Test against South Africa.
'I do a lot of hard work to ensure I look after my body to be able to play this brilliant game we love so much.'
South Africa shredded through the Indian batting line-up to claim victory by an innings and 32 runs in the first Test.
The BCCI has also named one inter-squad for a three-day match slated for December 20 to 22.
She got a wardrobe full of khatru laid-back holiday looks.
Skipper Rohit Sharma stressed on the Indian team's ability to win games on any surface including rank turners, following its record 434-run win over England on a flat track in Rajkot on Sunday.
England's Ollie Pope, who has scored 2136 runs from 38 Tests since his debut in 2018, does not mind low-scoring Test matches in India.
South Africa have rested batter Temba Bavuma for their home white-ball series against India this month after a poor Cricket World Cup, but he will captain the team in the two-Test series which starts on Dec. 26.
Indian women's team will kickstart their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan.
South Africa's premier left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj is confident that slow bowlers will play a vital role on flat decks expected to be on offer during the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in the Americas in June.
Following their semifinal finish in the recently-concluded Women's T20 World Cup, India earned a direct qualification to the 2014 edition.
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