The former skipper called Rohit an "old-school" long-format batter. He added that there will be np competition if Rohit extend his career.
South Africa will fancy their chances of victory if they can set India a target of 100 or more.
Devon Conway scored a half-century to guide New Zealand to a seven-run victory over South Africa in a rain-affected World Cup warm-up game on Monday.
South Africa are hopeful that both fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi will be available for selection in the first Test against India that gets underway in Pretoria on Tuesday, coach Shukri Conrad has confirmed.
A desperate India seek to restore parity against South Africa and remain consequential in the World Test Championship.
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.
'Elections are fought to win.' 'In our party, the leadership takes the final decision, and our leaders are very clear about it.'
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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.
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.
Australian team will be aiming to put up a much better batting performance with a rejigged playing eleven against an upbeat South Africa
Nandre Burger, replacing injured Lungi Ngidi in the line-up, finished with match figures of 7-83
South Africa broke their 24-year World Cup jinx against Pakistan with a nervy one-wicket victory and inched closer to securing a semi-final place with their fifth win in six matches.
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Images from the World Cup match between South Africa and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
England have been largely rusty and inconsistent despite having a dangerous squad on paper.
'No one in the history of the sport has ever come back from that kind of accident and got hundreds against England and Australia.'
Aiden Markram replaced Temba Bavuma as T20I skipper of the South African national side.
'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.'
Delhi Capitals made exciting additions to their squad at the IPL Mini-Auction 2024 in Dubai on Tuesday. The franchise bagged the hard-hitting Harry Brook for INR 4 crore along with Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson for INR 5 crore and West Indian wicketkeeper-batter Shai Hope for INR 75 lakh.
Rohit Sharma jumped five places to sixth in the ICC ODI ranking for batters.
South Africa have an aching relationship with World Cup semi-finals, dating back to 1992. AB de Villiers had a close encounter with heartbreak in 2015. Now, he is hopeful that the current team will finally absolve his country of all the past pain.
'As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our back, or that narrative that we have to get over'
South Africa's pace duo Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala have been ruled out of the World Cup because of injuries, Cricket South Africa confirmed on Thursday.
Mohammed Siraj's sensational six-wicket spell put India in control despite a superb fightback from South Africa with the ball on Day 1 of the second and final Test.
Rohit and Shubman Gill took charge of the South African new-ball bowler duo of Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen and unsettled their rhythm.
Mohammad Siraj has reclaimed the No 1 position among bowlers in the MRF Tyres ICC men's ODI player rankings after his sensational haul of 6/21 against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final.
Injury-hit Sri Lanka and South Africa seek winning start to World Cup
The first Test starts at Lord's on Wednesday.
'I was a bit nervous this morning, don't normally get nervous at all.'
South Africa's shock exit at last year's Twenty20 World Cup following a loss to the Netherlands with much the same group of players still weighs heavy on captain Temba Bavuma.
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Misfiring Indian bowlers in focus as India seek series-levelling win over SA in third T20I
The bowling stocks looks good, but the major concern will be around the batting line-up, which struggled on the recent tour of England.
The 30-year-old De Kock, who has already retired from Test cricket, confirmed he will not play One-Day Internationals beyond the World Cup.
South Africa will look to fix their chasing troubles before the semifinals while Afghanistan will back themselves to beat another top team
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.
South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada believes Proteas have all the strength to shake the 'chokers' tag and get their hands on the coveted ICC Men's Cricket World Cup trophy for the first time.
From staying under the radar in the lead-up to the World Cup to becoming high-flyers, South Africa have started playing to potential and are firm favourites against the Dutch.
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