As he closes the most revered chapter of his career, here are some of his best Test knocks:
India batter Cheteshwar Pujara's unbeaten 104 helped Sussex extend their first innings lead to 111 runs in their County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire on Saturday.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has said that pacer Deepak Chahar should have been included in the India squad for the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan.
Sumaya Hisham/Reuters captures Virat Kohli as he scored an atypical gritty 79 off 201 balls on day 1 of the third Test against South Africa at the Newlands cricket ground, Tuesday, January 11, 2022.
South Africa played their last ODI series in the qualification period that ends this week against the Netherlands and had beaten them 2-0 to move up to eighth in the World Cup Super League.
At Newlands in Cape Town, just as his team-mates struggled against the South African pace attack, the 23 year old highlighted why he is a rare diamond in the sometimes dreary mines of world cricket.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Tuesday.
Images from the third One-Day International between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Sunday.
India started well as opener Shikhar Dhawan scored 79 from 84 balls and former captain Virat Kohli 51 from 63, but when they were dismissed the touring side struggled to keep up with the required run-rate and finished on 265 for eight.
The final One Day International between India and South Africa will be played at Cape Town this afternoon.
Images from Day 3 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Thursday.
At the end of day three, South Africa were 101 for the loss of two wickets in the second innings.
Images from the second One-Day International between South Africa and India, in Paarl, on Friday.
The third and final India-South Africa Test began at Cape Town on Tuesday.
Shardul Thakur's better batting ability compared to speedster Prasidh Krishna could prove to be decisive while selecting the extra pacer for World Cup but both are likely to be auditioned if India pick a 17-member squad for the Asia Cup, which is set to be named on Monday.
Images from the first One-Day International between South Africa and India, in Paarl, on Wednesday.
The first India-South Africa Test began at the Centurion in South Africa on Sunday.
Due to the congested international schedule including the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, there are no alternative dates available
Team India will tour Zimbabwe for a small ODI series. The first match will be played on August 18, the second on 20, and the third and final ODI will be played on 22.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Test played between South Africa and India at Centurion on Sunday.
Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, died at the age of 90.
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Friday.
Images from Day 2 of the third Test between South Africa and India, in Cape Town, on Wednesday.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri lavished rich praise on Keegan Petersen, saying the South African batter is great world player in the making.
No case of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in India yet, a senior government official said on Monday.
After suffering a 1-2 series loss in South Africa, India dropped to the third spot
Sunil Gavaskar said Rahul would be raining 'centuries after centuries' as he has found form.
'It is always your strength that turns out to be your weakness as well.'
India slipped to the fifth spot in the latest WTC points table
KL Rahul said that he has surprised himself with how calm he was on Day 1
Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant said the failure of the Indian bowlers to claim wickets in the middle overs proved vital in their seven-wicket defeat against South Africa in the second ODI in Paarl on Friday.
Openers De Kock (78) and Janneman Malan (91) excelled with the bat as South Africa easily overhauled India's total of 287 for 6 and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Kohli's 100th Test would be against Sri Lanka beginning, in Mohali, on March 4.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan rued the middle-order collapse after India's 31-run defeat to South Africa in the first One-day International, in Paarl on Wednesday.
'I am no one to sit in judgement of his decision. It's a personal decision and we respect his decision. He knows how his body is reacting and what frame of mind he is in.'
South Africa captain Dean Elgar admits he had to show some tough love to his players, which he believes was behind their turnaround in fortunes as they completed a seven-wicket victory over India at Newlands on Friday to claim the Test series 2-1.
India's batting coach Vikram Rathour was all praise for skipper Virat Kohli's batting, saying he reaped the rewards for being more disciplined with his off-side play even as his team's performance on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, in Newlands, Cape Town, was "below par".
India captain Virat Kohli on Friday defended his team's verbal attack on the broadcasters after Dean Elgar's contentious DRS reprieve, saying that people on the outside don't understand the trigger for such an outburst.
Besides a batting failure, India's skipper Virat Kohli listed inconsistency, lack of application, lapse in concentration and their inability to seize the crunch moments as reasons for the India's defeat in the three-match rubber, which the hosts prevailed 2-1.
Extremely pleased with the way Rishabh Pant batted in the second innings, India's bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said the stumper-batter got the runs when the team needed them the most.
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