South Africa's shock exit at last year's Twenty20 World Cup following a loss to the Netherlands with much the same group of players still weighs heavy on captain Temba Bavuma.
India have now won an unprecedented eight matches in a row in the World Cup, but Rohit did not give in to hyperboles.
In fact, the first over that Kagiso Rabada bowled, it seemed that the ball was hitting the bat rather than bat hitting the ball.
Ahead of the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023, here's a full list of the final squads of all ten teams.
Despite dropping six points in the ICC Test rankings, R Ashwin remained on top of the points table, along with James Anderson.
South Africa skittled England out for 149 on Friday to win the first Test by an innings and 12 runs inside three days at Lord's and go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
Ahead of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League, Irfan Pathan opened up on Punjab Kings' weaknesses.
South Africa will look to fix their chasing troubles before the semifinals while Afghanistan will back themselves to beat another top team
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 .
Australia's 417-6 against Afghanistan in Perth in 2015 was the previous highest total in the men's World Cup.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.
The South Africa series in that context is the last big international T20 series that India play followed by one against Afghanistan in mid-January.
Punjab Kings batting coach Wasim Jaffer has backed his team's bowlers to make a strong comeback after the heavy defeat to Lucknow Super Giants, adding that it "was one of those days when everything clicked for the opposition".
The 30-year-old De Kock, who has already retired from Test cricket, confirmed he will not play One-Day Internationals beyond the World Cup.
Australia bowled out South Africa for a below-par 212 despite David Miller's defiant 101 but the chase was not as straightforward as Pat Cummins and his team would have liked.
Kolkata Knight Rogers and the Punjab Kings will do battle at the I S Bindra cricket stadium in Mohali on Saturday, April 1, afternoon.
Punjab Kings, who have been guilty of throwing it away in the past, are making a conscious effort to raise their game as the tournament progresses.
Injury blow hit the South African camp as Anrich Nortje was ruled out of the second Test against West Indies.
Bangladesh might not look too threatening in the World Cup but their record against the Proteas
The first Test starts at Lord's on Wednesday.
South Africa in trouble at 58-4 in 'Boxing Day' Test
The bowling stocks looks good, but the major concern will be around the batting line-up, which struggled on the recent tour of England.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 33 World Cup 2023 games.
Images from the World Cup match between South Africa and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
South Africa's Test players including Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi have chosen to play the IPL over the home Test series against Bangladesh, starting on March 31.
Jonny Bairstow led England to within 40 runs of South Africa's first innings total, with seven wickets in hand, on the first day of the second Test at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing for the second and final Test against South Africa?
Indian team will certainly feel a sense of deja vu when it takes on a red-hot South Africa on Sunday in what will be a battle of equals
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 45 World Cup 2023 games.
West Indies' Jason Holder struck a superb unbeaten 81 and put on 58 runs with number 11 Gudakesh Motie to frustrate South Africa as the tourists were bowled out for 251 before the close on day two of the second and final Test.
South Africa's bowlers chipped away at the wickets to stay on course for a huge victory against New Zealand.
A place in the ICC ODI World Cup final once again eluded the South Africans as they went down to Australia by three wickets.
Both teams head into their IPL game on Sunday on the back of defeats in their previous matches. While CSK fell short by 32 runs against Rajasthan Royals, PBKS lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 56 runs.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are expected to spit fire on a track that will offer steep bounce as India's top-order gears up for its toughest test in adverse conditions against a top-notch South African side in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.
Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal. Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Umesh Yadav and Umran Malik. Sam Curran, Harry Brook, Jofra Archer and Kagiso Rabada.
'As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our back, or that narrative that we have to get over'
Jacques Kallis remarked that the Proteas players should stick to their roles during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for Sunday's match against South Africa?
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