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Meet Indian-origin South African cricketer Keshav Maharaj's beautiful wife Lerisha
Meet Indian-origin South African cricketer Keshav Maharaj's beautiful wife Lerisha

An Indian and pure Hindu at heart, Keshav’s Instagram bio reads, “Driven by Passion, fueled by determination; Married to my beautiful Lerisha Maharaj. Jai Shree Raam, Jai Shree Hanuman.”

  • Monday, 06 March 2023
Australia win record-extending sixth Women's T20 World Cup title, beat South Africa by 19 runs
Australia win record-extending sixth Women's T20 World Cup title, beat South Africa by 19 runs

Beth Mooney top-scored with 74* as the world's top-ranked team posted 156/6, and a brilliant bowling display saw South Africa stifled in their chase, with the Proteas falling short of their target.

  • Sunday, 26 February 2023
IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa land in MP
IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa lands in MP

These cheetahs — seven males and five females — comprise the second set of big cats coming to the State, with the first group of eight from Namibia having been released into the KNP on September 17 last year at a function by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  • Saturday, 18 February 2023
Cheetahs Coming Home
Second Batch Of 12 Cheetahs To Land In India On Feb 18

A 2nd batch of wild cheetahs from South Africa will finally arrive in India. The big cats will land in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Saturday. Out of the 12 cheetahs, 7 are males and the rest 5 female cheetahs. They will come to their new home aboard an IAF transport aircraft. First they will land at Gwalior Air Force base in MP & then shifted to Kuno.

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  • Thursday, 16 February 2023
Cheetahs from South Africa likely to be brought to MP next month
Cheetahs from South Africa likely to be brought to MP next month

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between New Delhi and Pretoria (South Africa's administrative capital) last week, the expert associated with India's cheetah revival project told PTI over phone on the condition of anonymity.

  • Friday, 27 January 2023
Pakistan confirm semifinal spot with five-wicket victory over Bangladesh
T20 World Cup: Pakistan reach semifinal after five-wicket victory over Bangladesh

The unpredictable nature of the tournament meant that this clash became a virtual knockout game as Netherlands shocked South Africa by 13 runs at the same venue earlier in the day.

  • Sunday, 06 November 2022
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar teases South Africa after defeat against Dutch

This was a major upset as the Proteas are now out of the semifinals race. Sachin was in shock after the stunning defeat.

  • Sunday, 06 November 2022
Netherlands beat South Africa, end their hope for Semi Finals
T20 World Cup: Netherlands beat South Africa, end their hope for semifinals

Netherlands have done the unthinkable - they've defeated South Africa and ended their hopes for Semi Finals.

  • Sunday, 06 November 2022
South Africa Beats India
T20 World Cup: Miller, Markram fifties lead South Africa to five-wicket win over India

Chasing 134, Arshdeep Singh struck on his first ball of the second over, finding the outside edge of Quinton de Kock's drive on a full, swinging away delivery and was caught at second slip.

  • Sunday, 30 October 2022
Rohit Sharma wins toss against South Africa
T20 World Cup: Hooda replaces Axar as India win toss, elect to bat first against South Africa

After winning the toss, Rohit said all-rounder Deepak Hooda, who also bowls part-time off-spin, replaces left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel in the playing eleven.

  • Sunday, 30 October 2022
Rain beats South Africa in World Cup, again
Rain beats South Africa in World Cup, again

South Africa were 24 for no loss when the heavens opened up first, and soon after play resumed following the brief interruption, de Kock carted Richard Ngarava for four boundaries, including three on the trot.

  • Monday, 24 October 2022
IND v SA, 3rd ODI: Unchanged India win toss, elect to bowl first against Miller-led South Africa
IND v SA, 3rd ODI: Unchanged India win toss, elect to bowl first against Miller-led South Africa

For India, a victory on New Delhi's return to hosting an ODI match after three years, will continue their winning juggernaut in the format which began after co-incidentally losing a three-match series in South Africa earlier this year.

  • Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Washington Sundar
Washington Sundar replaces Deepak Chahar in India's ODI squad for series against South Africa

India will play the second ODI in Ranchi on October 9, 2022 and will play the final ODI of the series in New Delhi on October 11, 2022.

  • Saturday, 08 October 2022
Rohit Sharma
3rd T20I: Rossouw's ton leads South Africa to 49 run-win, India take series 2-1

With the win in the first two T20Is, India won the three-match series 2-1.

  • Tuesday, 04 October 2022
India records 2,338 Covid cases, 19 more deaths in a day
New sub-variant of Covid-19 Omicron detected in South Africa

The Spokesperson told Xinhua that BA.4 and BA.5 continued to be the most dominant sub-variants in South Africa but they were less severe due to higher levels of immunity. The department called on the people not to panic.

  • Friday, 16 September 2022
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