Rohit Sharma, while facing left-arm throwdown specialist Nuwan Seneviratne, got hit on his left thumb by a delivery that lifted from the back of a good length area.
IMAGES from the Day 2 of the first Test between South Africa and India, at Centurion, on Wednesday.
South Africa's skipper Temba Bavuma was pleased with the way his pacers performed in the demolition of Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup Super 12s match, in Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday.
Rohit Sharma jumped five places to sixth in the ICC ODI ranking for batters.
Pakistan needs to win all its matches and expect Australia to falter in at least two of their remaining four games.
Kagiso Rabada claimed five wickets as South Africa crushed Australia by a huge margin of 177 runs, to win the first Test against Australia, on Day 5 in Perth, on Monday.
South Africa's Quinton de Kock top-scored with a fluent 94 as they cruised to a 113-run victory over Sri Lanka and a 2-0 lead in their five-match One-day International series on Wednesday.
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.
South Africa have named teenage speedster Kagiso Rabada in a 14-man squad for their three-match home Test series against West Indies, Cricket South Africa announced on Tuesday.
Punjab went into the 2023 mini auction with the maximum purse and spent most of their money on England all-rounder Sam Curran, making him the costliest buy in IPL history at Rs 18.50 crore.
With 682 Test scalps against his name, the England legend is now third on the all-time list for Test wickets behind spin duo Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708).
England wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings believes the upcoming Indian Premier League will be good preparation for the T20 World Cup later this year but conceded that he will get limited game time due to the 'phenomenal' competition in the Delhi Capitals' squad.
Rajasthan Royals take on Punjab Kings aiming to seal their IPL play-offs berth, in their penultimate league match.
Seamer Vernon Philander took career-best figures as rampant South Africa claimed a 72-run victory over India in a gripping first Test at Newlands on Monday.
For the golden generation of Indian cricketers, this is their last chance to conquest what no other team could on eight previous tours.
Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers put on a power-hitting masterclass as Lucknow Super Giants slayed Punjab Kings by 56 runs in a high-scoring contest in Mohali .
Images from the Indian Premier league match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals, in Dubai, on Wednesday.
The match, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, will also be a face-off between skippers KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, both seen as future India captaincy material.
South Africa's defeat against Australia in the World Cup semi-final on Thursday was far from a choke, said head coach Rob Walter.
'For now, it will be very difficult for me to swap a batting order that has been through a couple of tough times of late and played well. I'll take the 600 and keep working on that.'
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Bangladesh and South Africa, in Abu Dhabi.
With 9 runs needed off 6 balls, Dhruv Jurel played an important role in sealing the victory with a sensational six. The youngster showed composure and skill under pressure, emerging as a valuable asset for the team.
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.
Player of the Match De Kock said they assessed the conditions perfectly and played to their strength to come out on top against Australia.
After the first qualifier ended in Dubai on Sunday, players from the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings caught up with their mates from the opposing side.
Mumbai Indians, who are placed sixth in the points table, have been able to bounce back impressively with wins against Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Despite dropping six points in the ICC Test rankings, R Ashwin remained on top of the points table, along with James Anderson.
South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada said it is a team decision to not take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in their upcoming white-ball series against England.
Punjab Kings would be sweating over skipper Shikhar Dhawan's injury at a time when they need all their firepower against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
Dhawan hasn't had a great time with the bat in IPL 2024, but is still Kings' highest run-getter currently with 152 runs from five innings, scoring at a strike rate of 125.61.
Vaibhav Arora was troubling us in nets, that's why he got debut, reveals PBKS batter Shikhar Dhawan
Pakistan spinners Yasir Shah and Nauman Ali took five wickets between them to restrict South Africa to 220 all out, but the home side faltered in reply to close on 33 for four on day one of a fast-moving first Test in Karachi on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka will take on Afghanistan in the tournament opener on Saturday.
Pooran Or De Kock? Dhawan or Pandya? Whose batting topped Saturday's contest?
Mayank Yadav (3/27) stole the limelight with his searing pace as Lucknow Super Giants humbled Punjab Kings by 21 runs.
Stokes is also among the Test Cricket of the Year nominees alongside compatriot Jonny Bairstow, Australia opener Usman Khawaja and South Africa speedster Kagiso Rabada.
A disappointed Pakistan captain Babar Azam refused to blame the umpires despite being on the wrong side of a DRS review which proved decisive in his team's narrow one-wicket loss to South Africa.
West Indies will need their all-round firepower against a rampaging South Africa in their must-win final Super Eight clash.
In a devastating Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park, India experienced one of its most humbling overseas defeats in recent memory, succumbing to an innings and 32-run loss in less than three days.
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