South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in the third and final Test at the Green Park in Kanpur on Friday. India captain Anil Kumble ended all speculation over his chances of playing by handing over the mantle to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
India has a lot of fitness woes going into the Test, the biggest of them being the skipper, Anil Kumble. If he plays, India could go in with three spinners considering the nature of the wicket and Piyush Chawla looks the likely beneficiary.
Taslimuddin Siddiqui was arrested for carrying a pistol inside the Green Park stadium.
The first Test in the forthcoming three-match rubber between India and South Africa will be played at the Chidambaram stadium, Chepauk, in Chennai from March 26 to 30, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Wednesday.
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"In case he (Dhoni) wins the toss, there should not be any second thought on inserting Pakistan. The pitch would have something for the pacers in the early hour and that would be the best time to make inroads," pitch curator Shiv Kumar said.
Spectators wearing black will not be allowed entry at the third ODI between India and Pakistan in Kanpur.
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Statistical highlights on day 2 of the first cricket Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur on Friday.
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The cut crystal trophy will be presented to the winner of the India-South Africa two-Test series.
Replying to Haryana's first innings of 277, Uttar Pradesh were 218 for three wickets at close on day 2 of the Elite Group 'B' Ranji Trohpy match.
It was a day that saw brilliant centuries by South Africa's captain AB de Villiers and India's Rohit Sharma in the first One-Day International on Sunday. But some brilliant death bowling by the visitors saw them edge Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men by five wickets. Here are the statistical highlights from the match played at the GreenPark stadium in Kanpur.
The BCCI Ground and Pitch Committee chairman said the condition of the out field and pitch has improved a lot.
India won the third and final Test against South Africa at the Green Park stadium by eight wickets to level the series 1-1. After taking a handy first innings lead of 60 and dismissing South Africa for a paltry 121 in their second innings, India notched up the required 62 runs for the loss of just two wickets.
The selectors denied charges that they had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from Ritesh Yadav for including him in the state under-17 team.
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The pitch at Green Park, Kanpur is still under preparation.
Chasing a modest 145 for victory, Uttar Pradesh were sent packing for just 104 by pacers Joginder Sharma and Sachin Rana, who took five wickets each.
Medium pacer Praveen Kumar claimed four wickets as Haryana scored 250 for 7 on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match.
India failed to bowl out New Zealand on a deteriorating track on the fifth and final day of the first Test but skipper Ajinkya Rahane praised his players saying they tried their best and couldn't have done 'anything different'.
Bumrah, 29, is recovering after a surgery to treat lower back stress fracture.
The declaration may have come a tad too late owing to the team management's assessment of the Green Park pitch as unresponsive but debutant Shreyas Iyer backed his spinners to secure an Indian victory on the final day of the opening Test.
India's Shreyas Iyer smashed a century on his test debut but Tim Southee's lion-hearted bowling and New Zealand's top order left the opening test between the teams evenly poised on Friday.
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With the six-match series tantalisingly poised at 2-2, another nail-biting contest between India and Pakistan is expected in the fifth ODI in Kanpur.
Two matches that were originally scheduled to be played at Kanpur's Green Park have been shifted to Lucknow and Meerut.
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Officials hoped to commence play at 1210 IST as the dense fog began to clear out on day three of the India-South Africa Test.
Bolstered by the comprehensive win in the series opener, an upbeat India will look to assert their supremacy over an inexperienced West Indies with yet another commanding show in the second cricket Test, starting in Kingston on Saturday. The 'Men In Blue' made a confident start to the 2016-17 season, recording India's biggest win outside the sub-continent when they thrashed the hosts by an innings and 92 runs in the opening cricket Test.
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