Ajinkya Rahane has been named as the new skipper of the IPL team.
Rabada, the number one ranked Test bowler, could still play if he succeeds in his appeal against an International Cricket Council (ICC) decision to award him three demerit points for his reaction to dismissing Steve Smith in the second Test.
Just 42,800 people in a country of 1.2 billion admit to earning taxable incomes of Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) or more, though India is fast emerging as a top performer in churning out millionaires and multimillionaires.
Former Protea batsman Herschelle Gibbs feels that the Indians should get out of the mental block of their past failure against short-pitched deliveries by being positive in their approach if they have to tackle the South African pace battery in the Test series beginning in Johannesburg on December 18.
Our relationships at the political level with virtually every country in Africa is stable, it is very positive, says India's consul general designate to Johannesburg.
Here's looking at the red carpet pictures.
Nelson Mandela, the iconic South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, died early on Friday morning IST. He was 95.
Things have changed a lot for Mahendra Singh Dhoni since that September evening when he led India to World Twenty20 triumph at Johannesburg in 2007, and the Indian captain feels that those changes are happening not just within him but also around him.
The 21-year-old Sharma led for the final two rounds after a scintillating 61 on Friday and had 11 holes to complete after lightning, rain and hail forced the event into an extra day.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's inspirational leadership guided India to a memorable triumph at the inaugural World Twenty20 Championship in South Africa in 2007. With the fifth edition of the tournament set to commence on Sunday, Rediff.com takes you through Team India's thrilling triumph in the final.
India cantered to a historic 123-run victory over South Africa in the first Test.
Statistical highlights of the drawn first cricket Test between India and South Africa at the New Wanderers.
Statistical highlights of the third day's play in the first Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg.
Images from the opening day's play of the first Test between South Africa and India at the New Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
The third and final Test between South Africa and India will resume as per schedule on Day 4 despite the controversy-filled third day when play was stopped early because of a dangerous pitch at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Friday.
South Africa captain Faf Du Plessis admitted that it is normal to get distracted by the weekend's Indian Premier League auctions as the cash-rich T20 event 'plays a big part in their lives'.
The Committee of Administrators (COA) running the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to conduct a review of India's dismal performance in South Africa.
'I think they played with a lot of character in the end, they pulled through'
Reader Monty Patel sent us pictures of the Indian team members from Johannesburg.
Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha was, on Tuesday, ruled out of the third and final Test against South Africa due to a hamstring injury and will be replaced by Dinesh Karthik in the squad.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
'In India the wickets and grounds are fairly quick so you have only got to play proper cricket shots and the ball will go for four and six'
Ten illegal immigrants from India and Pakistan and two suspected agents of an inter-continental human trafficking ring have been arrested in South Africa.
Harish Kotian makes an assessment of the Indian players' performance in the South Africa series.
South Africa crushed India by a convincing 10-wicket margin to win the second Test at the Kingsmead in Durban, on Monday to give their batting great Jacques Kallis a winning farewell.
After sharing the honours in a thrilling draw, India and South Africa will renew their exciting battle for supremacy in the series-deciding second and final cricket Test which promises to be another epic encounter starting in Durban on Thursday.
South Africa will seek to arrest a dismal Durban run of four straight defeats at Kingsmead when they host India in the second and final Test on Thursday, four days after their epic draw in Johannesburg.
Cheteshwar Pujara is the first Indian batsman to post three hundreds in Tests in 2013 and is of the opinion that his side has enough runs on the board to press for a win on the final day in the first cricket Test against South Africa in Johannesburg.
The first cricket Test between India and South Africa seemed headed for an exciting finish with the hosts needing to score 320 runs with eight wickets remaining on a tricky last day to pull off a record-breaking victory Johannesburg on Saturday.
Bowling was considered India's weak link before they arrived in South Africa but pacer Ishant Sharma said it has been the key to the team's success in the ongoing opening Test in Johannesburg.
Images from the second day's play of the first Test between South Africa and India at the New Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday.
After a spineless show in the ODI series against South Africa, the famed Indian batting line-up will have to adopt a patient approach to make a contest out of the two-match Test series, which starts at Johannesburg on Wednesday, feels former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar.
India will be aiming to start the post-Sachin Tendulkar era in Test cricket on a positive note but the task looks daunting as they would be up against the world's number one side South Africa in the two-match series starting in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
India will start their two-Test series against South Africa in Johannesburg on Wednesday with an aim to close the gap with the number one ranked side.
The beleaguered Indian batting line-up which has been rattled by fiery pace and disconcerting bounce during ODI series will like to start afresh, when they take on a South African Invitational XI in a two-day practice game, starting in Benoni on Friday.
On the overcast morning of Tuesday, March 10, a massive stadium may not be enough to hold the hundreds of thousands of people who will turn up to pay their homage to Nelson Mandela one last time.
Hashim Amla struck an unbeaten half-century as South Africa brushed aside some early alarms to record a six wicket victory over Pakistan on day three of the first Test at Centurion Park on Friday.
South African pacer Dale Steyn has warned the Indian team to "expect more aggressive bowling" in the second ODI in Durban on Sunday, saying that the visiting batsmen might end up "frightened" by their pace attack.
After the loss at Johannesburg the pressure seems to be clearly on Team India. The men in blue will be fighting for survival as there is no time for the World No 1 team to recover.
South Africa beat India by 141 runs in the first One-dayer of the three-match series between India and South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on Thursday. Here are the statistical highlights...
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