South Africa have rested batter Temba Bavuma for their home white-ball series against India this month after a poor Cricket World Cup, but he will captain the team in the two-Test series which starts on Dec. 26.
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World No 1 India may feel they have never had a better chance of winning their first ever Test series in South Africa.
South African pacer Kagiso Rabada and Test captain Temba Bavuma, who are not part of the Proteas white-ball cricket mix to gear up for the Test series against India, won't feature in domestic cricket.
South Africa host Australia for three T20 matches from August 30 to September 3 and five ODIs from September 7 to 17.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has been criticised for failing to meet "transformational targets" with only one black African in Kagiso Rabada part of the T20 World Cup squad.
The country's woes at World Cups, be it the 50-over or shortest format, are well documented and so the expectations back home have been tempered
Aiden Markram replaced Temba Bavuma as T20I skipper of the South African national side.
The first Test starts at Lord's on Wednesday.
23 wickets and several records fell on the opening day of the second and final Test in Cape Town on Wednesday.
It started pouring again with only 3.3 overs bowled and no more play was possible.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Devon Conway scored a half-century to guide New Zealand to a seven-run victory over South Africa in a rain-affected World Cup warm-up game on Monday.
Delhi Capitals young batting sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk says if he was able to handle the nerves on his IPL debut, the credit goes to coach Ricky Ponting, who advised him to time the ball instead of swinging his bat wildly.
Several high-profile international cricketers have pulled out of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) due to the overlapping of dates with other franchise-based tournaments and many cricket boards denying permission to their players to compete in domestic T20 competitions.
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The bowling stocks looks good, but the major concern will be around the batting line-up, which struggled on the recent tour of England.
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Australian team will be aiming to put up a much better batting performance with a rejigged playing eleven against an upbeat South Africa
A resurgent Delhi Capitals will look to exploit Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling vulnerabilities and ascend to top-four in the table during their Indian Premier League match in Kolkata on Monday.
South Africa broke their 24-year World Cup jinx against Pakistan with a nervy one-wicket victory and inched closer to securing a semi-final place with their fifth win in six matches.
Images from the World Cup match between South Africa and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Legendary Australia speedster Brett Lee feels apart from Jasprit Bumrah, pacers are failing to nail yorkers effectively in the death overs and he wants them to master the pivotal delivery.
England have been largely rusty and inconsistent despite having a dangerous squad on paper.
The former skipper called Rohit an "old-school" long-format batter. He added that there will be np competition if Rohit extend his career.
South Africa will fancy their chances of victory if they can set India a target of 100 or more.
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South Africa are hopeful that both fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi will be available for selection in the first Test against India that gets underway in Pretoria on Tuesday, coach Shukri Conrad has confirmed.
South Africa's Test players including Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi have chosen to play the IPL over the home Test series against Bangladesh, starting on March 31.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
A desperate India seek to restore parity against South Africa and remain consequential in the World Test Championship.
For the golden generation of Indian cricketers, this is their last chance to conquest what no other team could on eight previous tours.
During an action-packed day one of second Test between India and South Africa, a total of 23 wickets fell, which is the second highest number of wickets falling on day one of a Test.
South Africa's pace duo Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala have been ruled out of the World Cup because of injuries, Cricket South Africa confirmed on Thursday.
Nandre Burger, replacing injured Lungi Ngidi in the line-up, finished with match figures of 7-83
Rohit Sharma jumped five places to sixth in the ICC ODI ranking for batters.
We note the criticism aimed at Lungi for expressing his views -- and we hope that CSA, together with fellow cricketers both present and past will come out strongly in support of #BLM.
Jansen replaces injured Dwaine Pretorius, who fractured his left thumb in the recent series in India.
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