After playing a huge role in India's massive win over New Zealand in the second Test, opener Mayank Agarwal said technique does not always guarantee runs, but the determination to fight is key to a good performance.
The Indian team management was miffed with the Wankhede track prepared by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ground staff for the deciding fifth and final ODI against South Africa which the hosts lost by 214 runs to clinch the series 3-2, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Varma also received a surprise message from his MI colleague, Dewald Brevis of South Africa, congratulating him on his India debut.
Australia moved one wicket from victory in the first Test against South Africa on Sunday after Mitchell Starc's swing bowling decimated the hosts' lower order and dampened their hopes of an unlikely recovery.
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.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar rejected criticism of the pitches in the ongoing Test series against South Africa, and said the blame rather lies with the Proteas batsmen, who lack 'application, technique and temperament'.
South African batsman Quinton de Kock said the lack of zing in the Indian pace attack helped him ease to a man-of-the-match winning hundred in the opening cricket One-dayer in Johannesburg.
England's Steven Finn took three wickets as South Africa, chasing an unlikely 416 for victory, struggled to 136 for four on the fourth day of the first Test.
Jaffer and Sehwag on Friday registered their first double century partnership for the first wicket - their third 100-plus in Tests.
Mayank Agarwal hammered a 49-ball 87 as India 'A' beat the touring South Africans in their opening warm-up T20 game by eight wickets, with two balls to spare, at the Air Force ground, in Palam, Delhi, on Tuesday.
Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers scored unbeaten half centuries to take South Africa to 244 for two at the close of the fourth day of the second Test against Australia on Monday.
Paul Collingwood reached his sixth test century with a six on Friday to keep England afloat on the third day of the third Test against South Africa at Edgbaston. Collingwood, who has scored only 96 first class runs this season, demonstrated his strength of character with an unbeaten 101 in England's 297 for six at the close.
Virat Kohli underlined his status as the best batsman in world cricket with another match-winning innings to carry India into the final of the World T20.
Maxwell put on a solid partnership of 103 runs with Pat Cummins for the highest seventh-wicket stand or lower for Australia in World Cups.
By the end of the fourth day's play, 1298 runs have been scored by the two teams - a record for the highest match aggregate between the two countries.
Captain Graeme Smith hit an unbeaten half century as South Africa beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third and final one-day international on Friday, to sweep the series 3-0.
Becomes only the second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan slammed his way to a maiden One-Day International century as India kicked off their campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy with a comfortable 26-run victory over South Africa in Cardiff, on Thursday.
IMAGES from the semi-final match between India and England played at the Providence Stadium, in Guyana on Thursday.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said there was a 'sense of calmness' at the innings break and the team backed itself to chase down the 173-run target set by South Africa in the ICC World T20 semi-final.
England needed four wickets to win in their 500th overseas Test, but had to overcome late resistance and feisty 71 from Keshav Maharaj and 39 from debutant Dane Paterson before completing the task 10 minutes before lunch.
Jofra Archer showed why England could not leave him out of their final ICC Men's Cricket World Cup squad as he bowled them to opening win against South Africa.
The smart money may be on a draw going into Day 5, but the second Test between South Africa and India was all about Kallis, and it will not be complete without a Proteas victory.
South Africa easily chased down Pakistan's 230 for nine with 74 balls to spare to leave the series tied at 2-2 with the final game to be played in Lahore on Monday.
Seamers Rao Iftikhar and Umar Gul shared six wickets and Mohammad Yousuf hammered a century to guide Pakistan to a 25-run win over South Africa in the second one-dayer at the Gaddafi stadium on Saturday.
Dean Elgar and Quinton de Kock struck commanding hundreds to author South Africa's spectacular fightback before Ravichandran Ashwin wrested back India's control with a five-wicket haul on the third day of the opening Test.
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