Fan breaches security to greet Virat Kohli following his 52nd ODI ton during Ranchi ODI vs SA
Gill may miss ODI series due to unhealed neck injury; Rahul, Pant in line for ODI captaincy
Australia won the third and final Test against South Africa by 245 runs at Newlands in a nailbiting finish with just 27 balls to spare after a day of epic home resistance.
Anderson sustained a rib injury in England's 189-run win in the second Test at Newlands and underwent an MRI scan in Cape Town.
Virat Kohli said staying in control of his emotions and thoughts despite the game's ups and downs has been central to his journey.
England bowling coach Ottis Gibson has been announced as the new head coach of South Africa.
Matt Henry produced a career-best seven for 23 in a spectacular display of pace bowling as New Zealand skittled out South Africa for 95 in two sessions to take charge of the opening Test in Christchurch on Thursday.
South Africa put one foot in the World Cup quarter-finals by batting past the 400-run mark for the second successive match to hand Ireland a thumping defeat by 201 runs with five overs to spare at Manuka Oval on Tuesday.
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis steered South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win in the first Test.
Even as the focus remains on the T20 World Cup which is less than a month away, Kohli and Rohit will hog the limelight in the three ODIs over the next seven days.
India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan will leave for South Africa on Tuesday night to speed up his recovery from a heel injury.
Images from the fifth day's play in the second Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Paceman Dale Steyn claimed 6-72 as South Africa won the third Test against the West Indies by an innings and 100 runs with two days to spare to wrap up a 2-1 series win.
Batsmen Cameron Bancroft has been charged by the International Cricket Council and Smith told reporters that it was a deliberate plan from the "leadership group" of the side, but added he would not step down as captain.
South African opener Alviro Petersen announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday immediately after the team's eight-wicket win over the West Indies at Newlands.
South Africa have brought back spinner Imran Tahir in one of two changes to their team for this week's second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Pakistan set South Africa a daunting target of 370 to win the second and final Test in Rawalpindi
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis shared an unbroken century stand to put South Africa in control of the first Test with a lead of 287 runs against New Zealand on Friday. South Africa reached close of play on the second day on 179-2. Amla, who was dropped on two, was 85 not out with Kallis on 76 in a partnership of 159.
South Africa will head to India armed with three frontline slow bowlers in their Test squad after recalling leg-spinner Imran Tahir and off-break bowler Dane Piedt for the four-match series starting in November.
Quinton de Kock has reversed his retirement from ODI cricket and has been named in both the ODI and T20I squads for the Pakistan tour.
South Africa lost momentum after a brisk start to their second innings but will take a lead of 323 runs over Pakistan into the final day of the second and final Test at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
South Africa's bowlers needed a little more than an hour of the final day's play to dismiss Sri Lanka for 281 in their second innings and claim a 206-run victory in the first Test in Port Elizabeth on Friday.
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis put on an unbeaten stand of 143 to help South Africa to an 18-run lead over England on day three of the first Test at The Oval on Saturday.
Reminiscing that 'kind of a T20' knock Gibbs said Australia had left the South Africans with no options but to fire on all cylinders in order to set another world record in the same match.
Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes said that Team India does not need to prepare turning wickets as they can bowl out their opponents with their pace line-up and having another spin-friendly wicket for the second Test against South Africa will be a "big test of their ability".
Cricket South Africa on Monday announced the appointment of Amol Muzumdar as interim batting coach for their next month's three-match Test series against India.
South Africa's first innings of 340 for three declared scored against Zimbabwe is the fastest in the history of Test cricket.
Graeme Smith hit a sprightly half-century as South Africa, bidding to complete the highest successful run chase in Tests, reached 178 for two after the fourth day of the first Test against Australia on Sunday.
Australia pulled out of the three-Test tour slated for March-April citing an "unacceptable level of health and safety risk to players, support staff and the community".
The T20 WC champions will look to enter this phase with clarity of intent as they refine roles, streamline combinations and settle the XI that will carry the weight of expectations in front of home crowds.
The first test between South Africa and New Zealand ended in a damp draw on Tuesday without a ball bowled over the final three-and-a-half days due to a sodden outfield at Kingsmead. Only 100 overs were possible in the match with New Zealand frozen on 15 for two wickets in their first innings for 11 sessions after the players left the field prior to lunch on the second day never to return. The tourists were replying to South Africa's first innings total of 263 all out on a difficult batting surface in what was the first winter test to be played in Durban.
Ashwin added that Kohli is in fine touch, a positive sign for Indian cricket.
Cricket South Africa will appoint a team manager, who will select his own coaching staff and captains in the three formats of the game.
The aura of home advantage -- long regarded as a hallmark of India's Test side -- seemed secure. But in barely over a year, that fortress has not just cracked, it has collapsed, raising uncomfortable questions about strategy, selection, and temperament.
The tourists only had one three-day game to acclimatise to Sri Lanka's slow, turning pitches, scorching temperatures and shirt-drenching humidity.
The former opening batsman for Griqualand West and Free State succeeds Ray Jennings.
South Africa have withdrawn Pakistan-born leg-spinner Imran Tahir from their squad for Thursday's fourth and final Test against England because of fears over his eligibility. Cricket South Africa media officer Michael Owen-Smith told Reuters on Saturday the 30-year-old had been pulled out to avoid any problems.
In view of a new contagious variant of COVID-19 being found in South Africa, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Saturday said that all the passengers coming to the city from that country will be quarantined.
Shami, 35, was left out of India's 15-member squad for the two home Tests against South Africa, scheduled to commence on Friday at the famed Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Before his most recent snub, Shami had openly expressed his disappointment about being sidelined from India's recent Test fixtures.
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