Uncapped left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar has joined the test squad from the Pakistan A team currently in Hamilton.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis blamed lack of substantial partnerships as the main reason behind his side's six-wicket defeat to India in the opening ODI of the six-match series, in Durban, on Thursday.
Compromise, constitutionality, pragmatism and self-respect. These were Mandela's leadership virtues. For countries such as India and South Africa, these are the qualities leaders must have, says Mihir S Sharma
India have tasted a lot of success recently in Australia including back-to-back Test series wins and veteran spinner Ashwin said the team will draw confidence from that.
As Sachin turns 50, Rediff brings you 50 fascinating facts about the God of Cricket.
If you have watched the matches closely enough, it's difficult to miss the white-on-red logos of Mahindra Satyam in the soccer stadia across South Africa.
As the place where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi began his famous experiments with truth, the Tolstoy Farm is a living example of his legacies that can give the present generation lessons in humanity.
'The prime minister is talking to his Chachaji and he is crying in the PM's lap, it was such an emotional scene.'
India will need to look for a successor for Rohit Sharma, who turned 35 in April, after the ODI World Cup next year.
While celebrating our democracy and its biggest rituals we also need to think about the kind of society we are building.
Earlier this month, ECB managing director Ashley Giles had said that cricketers will be provided "mental health screening" before they commit to any further tours.
Former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent has provided officials from the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit "with a treasure trove of information about matches which were targeted for spot-fixing and the names of players who were involved", the London Telegraph reported.
South Africa's pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada feels the upcoming T20I and Test series against India is a chance for his embattled team to figure where it stands against the world's best in a tough transition journey.
Rahul Tewatia was always destined to achieve stardom in the Indian Premier League because of his swashbuckling batting, says his childhood coach Vijay Yadav, after watching his ward's exploits for Rajasthan Royas, in the IPL match against Kings XI Punjab, in Sharjah, on Sunday.
Shastri also pointed out how Rohit has evolved his game in the last few years.
From once being everyone's envy for having a problem of plenty as far their talent pool was concerned, Indian cricket now seems to be suffering from problems aplenty.
Umran was a net bowler during India's last World T20 campaign in the UAE.
France hits back at US TV show host over make-up of World Cup team
'The IPL should form the selection basis for the T20 team and at the most the ODI team.'
As he rang in his 50th birthday with friends and family in London, the BCCI president, and one of Indian cricket's most fascinating characters, spoke on a range of issues including multiple captains, workload management, huge media rights valuation and heading the board.
Moeen Ali said he was satisfied with his Test career and hoped it would inspire other British Muslims to play for England.
South Africa finished at 11 for one in nine overs bowled in second innings.
The cricket establishment in India has an unhealthy respect for reputations. Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev were allowed to retire when they wanted. And captains have played beyond the stage of being automatic picks, notes Suhit K Sen.
'As a cricketer and a person, I've learnt a lot from her. She's a great example for all of us. There are many back home who have grown up watching her and then took up the sport.'
With Paine, at 36, reaching the fag end of his career, a fresh captaincy discussion has started.
New Zealand midfielder Tim Brown could miss the World Cup after fracturing his shoulder in a warm-up match against Australia.
A haul of eight hundred and 17 fifties during the calendar year was Babar's best of his career to date.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid had no hesitation in admitting that the ODI squad lacked balance with the likes of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja unavailable to execute their all-round skills at numbers six and seven respectively.
Of the 4.10 crore to be shared through COVAX, 1.40 crore will go to Latin America and the Caribbean nations and 1.60 crore to Asia.
The shock loss to Ireland did hurt but the players moved on quickly from that 'little blip' to focus on the road ahead, said star England all-rounder Ben Stokes.
If divine intervention in 1992 was the heavens opening up against England in their do-or-die game, even the best bookies couldn't have predicted that the Netherlands would beat South Africa in 2022. A handful of them must have made a killing.
The Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women's sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Friday.
Former captain Rahul Dravid is confident that the Indian team under Virat Kohli will 'peak during next few months' as they go into the World Cup in England as one of the tournament favourites.
US President Barack Obama, who won the Nobel Prize for 2009 "recognises" he is not in the same category of other recipients of this coveted award like Nelson Mandela from South Africa and Mother Teresa of India.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
South Africa are confident they will put their selection problems behind them during their forthcoming Test series in India, captain Graeme Smith said in Chennai on Saturday. The tourists arrived for the three-Test series amid a storm or controversy following the omission of paceman Andre Nel to fulfil the team's quota of non-white players.
India's Test captain Virat Kohli has decided to take rest while teammates Shikhar Dhawan and Ishant Sharma will be playing for Delhi's home fixture against Baroda in their opening group league match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, to be played on Thursday.
The 27-year-old Agar had featured in both the limited over formats for Australia last summer but missed his spot in the ODIs on their tour of England in September.
India women's cricket team head coach Ramesh Powar on Sunday said that the workload management of senior bowler Jhulan Goswami would be really important in the New Zealand series as the side wants her to be at her peak when the 50-over World Cup starts.
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed" even though he is "not doing well", the former South African President's family has said.
