Still finding his feet in the Twenty20 format, Cheteshwar Pujara knows that he cannot be "flamboyant" like some of his Kings XI Punjab teammates in the IPL but the Indian says he is hoping carve a niche for himself by emulating South African legend Jacques Kallis.
The South African legend will continue his association with the franchise in a different role -- that of mentor and batting consultant.
Joe Root's Australian hoodoo is over. The England batter scored his first Test century in Australia, an unbeaten 135 off 202 balls, rescuing his side after a shaky start in the second Ashes Test at Brisbane's Gabba and steering England to 325 for nine following captain Ben Stokes' decision to bat first.
Joe Root looks on course not only to break Sachin Tendulkar's century record in Tests but could also overtake his record run-scoring tally.
Jansen has turned it around with bat, and now he''s a premium all-rounder: Jacques Kallis
Retiring South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis was given a guard of honour by the Indian players as he walked out to bat in the second and final Test at Kingsmead in Durban.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith said that the series-clinching win over India in the second and final Test was a fitting tribute to "irreplaceable" team-mate Jacques Kallis who bid farewell to Test cricket on Monday.
Cricket legends around the world have paid their tributes to the retiring South African great Jacques Kallis, with former Pakistani coach and fast bowler Waqar Younis and Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews leading the pack.
Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin hailed New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell as a "brainy cricketer" who is capable of making the best out of his limits as a player and someone who can give a franchise 400-500 runs batting at number three or four during a tournament.
Virat Kohli surpassed the great Ricky Ponting for most runs by a No 3 batter in ODIs.
With this the classy all-rounder has achieved a rare milestone that few legends of the game can boast of.
Jacques Kallis, the top run-scorer in the Twenty20 World Cup, will miss South Africa's final second round match against India on Tuesday because of injury. Captain Graeme Smith told a news conference on Monday that Kallis, who has scored 174 runs in four matches at opener, is suffering from a minor back injury.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday doffed his hat on Jacques Kallis, who hit a century in each innings of the third Test in Cape Town, describing the South African batsman as the best modern cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar.
Former South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has expressed his surprise at the retirement announcement by Test captain Graeme Smith, saying that he was a 'little taken aback' by Smith's mid-Test announcement of his retirement from international cricket.
South Africa's opening batsman Alviro Petersen has said that Jacques Kallis in his last Test, is "playing the perfect innings for his team".
Experienced South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis will not be able to bowl in the first Test against England, captain Graeme Smith said on Tuesday.
Jacques Kallis's new look makes him look 20 years younger, feels teammate Morne Morkel. And, what is this new change that is getting Kallis so much attention?
Shami has dismissed a batter four times off the first ball of an innings in the IPL, the most by a bowler
B catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, Kallis completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir smashed his way to a blistering 44-ball 75, while Jacques Kallis struck his third consecutive fifty, as Kolkata Knight Riders drubbed Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in their Indian Premier League match in Jaipur on Friday.
Jacques Kallis's supposed crime has been that he has the talent of an Ian Botham but the wooden temperament of a small-town bank clerk.
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis will retire from Test and first-class cricket after the Boxing Day Test against India in Durban, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday.
South Africa's batting great Jacques Kallis announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket on Wednesday.
The duo is followed by a former Sri Lanka icon, Mahela Jayawardene, with 205 outfield catches in 149 appearances.
Kallis scored an undefeated 127 as South Africa, who won the toss and chose to bat, reached the close on 525 for four.
The South African all-rounder has said that he has personal reasons not to sing the new national anthem.
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik believes stopping South Africa's Jacques Kallis will be the key to winning the second Test and levelling the two-match series.
The Most Valuable Player Index in IPL 3 after 40 matches.
Laxmipathy Balaji credited Jacques Kallis and Brett Lee for their bowling performances, which he thought, helped him in picking up four wickets and lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Jacques Kallis continued his superb run of form with another spectacular innings against Mumbai Indians on Saturday, helping the Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the process.
Jacques Kallis gave critics who didn't consider him a player good enough for the T20 format a fitting reply with a superlative unbeaten 89 in Royal Challengers Bangalore's emphatic eight-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday.
South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis had a close shave this morning when he banged his car against the gate of a house in Wynberg, a suburb in the south of Cape Town.
India's Sachin Tendulkar and South Africa's Jacques Kallis remain jointly atop the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen with 883 points each. Kallis also retained his top spot in the list of leading all-rounders in Test cricket.
Kallis is the latest high-profile name to be inducted in South Africa's coaching set-up after Mark Boucher's appointment as head coach
Batting stalwart Jacques Kallis was named in South Africa's World Cup squad on Tuesday despite missing the current series against India due to a rib injury.
South African skipper Jacques Kallis heaped praise on Sachin Tendulkar for his historic double ton and said the way the champion batsman paced his innings it showed one need not be a slogger to do well in One-day cricket.
South Africa were 340 for 3 in reply to Zimbabwe's first innings total of 54 at close on day 1 in the first Test.
He may boast of the best statistics among all-rounders but former players refuse to place South Africa's Jacques Kallis in the league of extraordinary gentlemen featuring the likes of India's Kapil Dev, West Indies' Sir Gary Sobers, Pakistan's Imran Khan or England's Ian Botham. Kallis is a "selfish cricketer", feels Keith Stackpole, who scored seven centuries in 43 Tests as an opener.
