Herschelle Gibbs and Makhaya Ntini have been left out of South Africa's squad for one-day international matches against Zimbabwe and England.
Zimbabwe axed their coach Dav Whatmore and captain Hamilton Masakadza just days before the arrival of India for a five-match limited-overs tour.
The ICC found the two South Africa bowlers guilty of "excessive appealing" during the third ODI against West Indies.
South Africa captain Mark Boucher said a decision on the injured players will be made just before the opening match against Sri Lanka.
South Africa won the second Test by an innings and 92-runs.
When Vipraj was dismissed for a brilliant 39 in 15 balls (five fours and two sixes), the equation went down to 42 in 24 balls, which Ashutosh chased down.
Reader Ritu Sharma sent us these pictures from Johannesburg.
South Africa were 115 for three in their second innings at the close of the second day of the second Test.
The South Africa fast bowler took 5 for 37 as the Sri Lanka President's XI were bowled out for 251 in the three-day game.\n\n
South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has formally retired from international cricket. The pacer, who played the last of his 101 Tests in December 2009 but has been out of favour with the national selectors ever since, will make one final appearance in a Twenty20 international against India in Durban on January 9.
'He is a good learner. Today he wasn't able to balance while batting, so I guided him about it.'
South Africa won the final game of the tri-series by seven wickets.
South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini played the race card when things did not go his way, disclosed former team coach Mickey Arthur in his to be released book.
South Africa were 131 for 5 at the close on Day 1 of the third Test, after dismissing Pakistan for 157.
Kagiso Rabada stamped his class on the biggest stage-rocking Australia and leapfrogging legends in the record books.
Makhaya Ntini became the third South African to take 300 wickets during the second Test against Pakistan.
Graeme Smith also moved up seven places to 12th in the batting ratings.
The South African fast bowler, who injured his left knee, has been ruled out of the third Test against Australia.
South Africa dropped fast bowlers Makhaya Ntini and Andre Nel from the one-day squad to play Kenya and Bangladesh later this month.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith paid tribute to Makhaya Ntini after the fast bowler announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday.
Former Cricket South Africa president Ray Mali says ex-coach Mickey Arthur's claims that retiring pacer Makhaya Ntini used the race card after being dropped from the side are lies.
The world's top two Test bowlers will go head-to-head during the Test series between Sri Lanka and South Africa
Fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini shared six wickets to earn the advantage for South Africa on the first day of the second Test against West Indies on Wednesday.
Pacer Makhaya Ntini, the first black cricketer to play for South Africa, is planning to bid farewell to international cricket after being dropped for the third Test against England. He has reportedly signed an agreement with English county side Middlesex that will keep him from being available for national duty.
Bollywood stars, Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra will bid farewell to retiring South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini at a glittering concert in Durban on January 9. The 33-year-old pacer has decided to retire from all forms of cricket.
Makhaya Ntini and Herschelle Gibbs were recalled into South Africa's limited-overs squad on Monday for five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match in Australia in January.
South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has lashed out at his team over the alleged preference of 'white' bowlers in the Test squad as the Proteas squad consider a replacement for injured JP Duminy.
South Africa beat Pakistan by 14 runs in the fifth and final ODI to clinch the five-match series 3-2.
South African president Jacob Zuma and a host of Bollywood stars, led by Shahrukh Khan, will be joined by the biggest crowd ever at a cricket match on the African continent to honour iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar and pacer Makhaya Ntini at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday.
Makhaya Ntini inspired a middle-order collapse that left the first Test against England delicately balanced after the third day.
The fast bowler sounded positive about his team's chances of winning the second Test.
Makhaya Ntini said he used to avoid travelling in the team bus and preferred running to the stadium to deal with the isolation.
Classy new-ball bowling by Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini steered South Africa to a sensational 62-run win over Pakistan in the third one day international on Friday.
'We have the likes of (captain) Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma, who have the ability to dig in and score big runs and I also like the way that Rassie (van der Dussen) has come in and grown in that team.'
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