Aiden Markram replaced Temba Bavuma as T20I skipper of the South African national side.
Gujrat Titans will be striving for much needed consistency when they meet Delhi Capitals in an Indian Premier League match in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
South Africa host Australia for three T20 matches from August 30 to September 3 and five ODIs from September 7 to 17.
It was T Natarajan's career best performance.
Skipper Rishabh Pant will look to overcome his rustiness as Delhi Capitals aim for an improved batting display in their bid for a first win of the IPL season when they take on Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Thursday.
Images from the IPL match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals in Lucknow on Friday.
Sometimes the MVPI table throws up intriguing situations: Four out of the top five in the table are left-handed batters. Do left-handers truly enjoy an advantage in the IPL? Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after the league stage.
Mohammed Siraj's sensational six-wicket spell put India in control despite a superb fightback from South Africa with the ball on Day 1 of the second and final Test.
Ishant Sharma dazzled with a three wicket haul to power DC to a 19 run win over LSG.
Did you enjoy Maheesh Patheerana's fiery yorkers?
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable performances of IPL 2024
The South Africa series in that context is the last big international T20 series that India play followed by one against Afghanistan in mid-January.
Vote for the best bowling performances in the Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals match.
Green pocketed just one wicket, but his tight overs put the necessary pressure on the DC scoreboard as the match slipped away from the visitors.
Markram and Shamsi's middle-over spells became turning point, feels Tilak Varma
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 37.
Vote for your best knock of the Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals match.
Avesh or Chahal? Whose bowling impressed you most?
Sam Curran's counter-attacking fifty powered Punjab Kings to a four-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2024 match in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 31.
South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Company is considering tax implications of listing its Indian unit before taking a final call, according to sources privy to the development. Hyundai Motor is mulling an initial public offering (IPO) for its Indian arm to raise around $3 billion (at a valuation of up to $30 billion), and talks are in the early stages between the company and bankers, banking sources revealed. Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), however, declined to comment on the development.
He had cleared the first round of testing along with the rest of the South African squad last week after arriving in New Delhi on June 2.
23 wickets and several records fell on the opening day of the second and final Test in Cape Town on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the 2nd T20I played between India and South Africa in Gqeberha on Tuesday.
A look at the XI Best Spells of the league stages of IPL 2024.
South Africa have recalled fast bowler Anrich Nortje and all-rounder Wayne Parnell, and handed a first Twenty20 International call-up to batsman Tristan Stubbs, in a full-strength squad for the five-match tour of India starting on June 9.
In the current scenario, form in the IPL will carry a lot of weight for selection in the Indian team bound for USA and Caribbean.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
Temba Bavuma has recovered from injury and will take charge
World No 1 India may feel they have never had a better chance of winning their first ever Test series in South Africa.
Misfiring Indian bowlers in focus as India seek series-levelling win over SA in third T20I
Tanveer Sangha, the son of Indian immigrants, shot into the World Cup selection frame with a stellar, four-wicket debut for Australia.
A desperate India seek to restore parity against South Africa and remain consequential in the World Test Championship.
In the 16th over of South Africa's innings, Chahar showed extraordinary game awareness and was quick to notice that Tristan Stubbs was backing up too far and outside his crease at the non-striker's end.
For the golden generation of Indian cricketers, this is their last chance to conquest what no other team could on eight previous tours.
However, it remains to be seen how RCB will cope without players like Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood, who both have been sidelined for at least the first half of this IPL due to injuries. Australian Glenn Maxwell is also unlikely to feature in Sunday's game.
Jacques Kallis remarked that the Proteas players should stick to their roles during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India
Jansen replaces injured Dwaine Pretorius, who fractured his left thumb in the recent series in India.