IMAGES from the opening T20I played between India and South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Bolstered by Shreyas Iyer's return, Delhi Capitals will look to maintain the form they showed in the first half of the season as they resume their IPL campaign against a struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Delhi Capitals have made the perfect start to IPL, with two morale-boosting victories, while SunRisers Hyderabad are the only side yet to register a win in the tournament, having lost both their games.
SunRisers Hyderabad has the biggest purse while Kolkata Knight Riders has the slimmest purse.
He might have landed in trouble for his on-field aggressive behaviour but South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says the perception that he is short-tempered is not true and it is just passion which drives him as a bowler. The 25-year-old was suspended for the series-deciding fourth and final Test against England earlier this year after collecting a fourth demerit point in a 24-month period for celebrating too close to visiting captain Joe Root after claiming his wicket in the third Test.
The South Africa pacer played six matches for Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing tenth edition of the 2017 Indian Premier League before returning home and he said the Twenty20 tournament is "a huge network of ideas."
Images from Wednesday's World Cup match between India and South Africa, at Southampton.
Delhi Capitals' South African pacer Anrich Nortje was a delighted man after finally getting out of his hotel room for his first nets session, in Dubai, on Sunday. Nortje, who spent the last six days in his hotel room, says he felt like being "locked in prison" during the quarantine period.
It's less than a year since he made his debut, in the first Test against India at Mohali, but Kagiso Rabada has emerged South Africa's leading cricketer. The 21-year-old fast bowler was named South African's youngest ever Cricketer of the Year and also scooped up five other awards at a gala hosted by Cricket South Africa.
He spoke about his endeavour to build muscle memory.
There will still be plenty of needle in the third Test between South Africa and Australia whether or not Kagiso Rabada wins his appeal against suspension, opener Dean Elgar said on Monday.
Kagiso Rabada regained his top spot among bowlers crossing the coveted 900-point mark in ratings even as Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed up a couple of notches to be placed fourth in the ICC Test Player Rankings, released on Tuesday.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Robin Uthappa hit half-centuries to power Chennai Super Kings to victory against Delhi Capitals in the IPL Qualifier 1 match on Sunday.
He finished unbeaten on a career-best 78 not out from 52 balls, hitting three fours and four sixes, putting on a match-turning stand of 111 runs with Maxwell, who stroked 51 not out from 33 balls.
South Africa will be without experienced pace bowler Dale Steyn for Thursday's Cricket World Cup opener against England at The Oval after failing to shake off a recurring shoulder problem.
Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers have been recalled to South Africa's One-day international side for the visit of New Zealand later this month, but young wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been axed after a poor run of form in Bangladesh.
At stumps, Pakistan's score read 145/3 with Fawad and Babar unbeaten on 42 and 77 runs respectively. For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj picked two, Anrich Nortje took one while Kagiso Rabada went wicketless.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians claimed their fifth Indian Premier League title after romping to a five-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in Tuesday's final in Dubai.
Images from the Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, in Dubai, on Sunday.
Stoinis gave DC the start they were looking for, then picked two wickets in the powerplay, and, most importantly, got Kane Williamson to end SRH's challenge.
India have never won a Test series on South African soil and Kohli's men will go all out to be the first team to achieve the feat.
Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen hit half-centuries before Yasir Shah's late strikes gave Pakistan the upperhand, on Day 3 of the first Test, in Karachi, on Thursday.
Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada claimed four wickets each as South Africa ripped out Sri Lanka for 110 on the second day of the second Test.
Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada produced the best bowling performance of the tournament to date as South Africa beat three-time former champion Australia by 80 runs in the second semi-final of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2014 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
'You can't be anything but positive going into the World Cup. We believe we have every chance to win the World Cup. What has happened in the past, you got to let go of that'
He is on an 18-match unbeaten streak as India's Test captain, but Virat Kohli was left out of the ICC Test Team of the Year.
Punjab Kings have under-performed since IPL's inception, reaching the final only once in 14 attempts.
South African speedster Anrich Nortje is impressed by the Delhi Capitals skipper's Rishabh Pant's match-reading skills and ability to project what's in the offing.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Match 25.
This is the second time Quinton de Kock has won the Cricketer of the Year in CSA's virtual awards
Delhi's performance at home is woeful, but having registered a win after two consecutive losses at the Kotla, the Shreyas Iyer-led outfit is high on confidence.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued to be the best-placed Indians in the batting chart, while off-spinner Ravichandra Ashwin held on to second spot among bowlers in the latest ICC Test Player ranking, release on Wednesday.
Du Plessis also put on a record seventh wicket stand against Sri Lanka of 133 with Keshav Maharaj (73), who went to his highest Test score before he was the last batsman out.
However, Rajasthan would be a bit more desperate than Delhi as they are languishing at the second last position in the points table with just three wins from nine outings.
'People back home have a lot of expectations from me, I hope to do well'
In a debriefing video of the 2019 season that has gone viral following his match-winning six-hitting spree on Sunday, Rahul Tewatia, who played for Delhi Capitals last year, can be seen walking up to head coach Ricky Ponting to remind the legendary Australian about his four catches in their victory against Mumbai Indians.
Focus will now be on how Rabada would fare against the likes of Chris Gayle, Lokesh Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and David Miller.
South Africa called as many as five wrist spinners in the nets ahead of the third ODI against India, in Cape Town, on Wednesday, hoping it will help their struggling batsmen combat the combined threat of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.
IMAGES from the 3rd and final T20I played in Bengaluru on Sunday
Virat Kohli remained on top while teammate Chesteshwar Pujara managed to hold on to his third position i
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