Tag: South Africa

Though Keshav Maharaj couldn’t attend the temple’s inauguration due to scheduling constraints, he is optimistic about a future visit.

After much difficulty, they got a hotel room in Chennai and wanted to take a ship from Chennai without passports. They went from pillar to post to book a ship to Seoul but in vain. Hopeless, they decided to board their trains back home.

India won the match by seven wickets as the game concluded in just one and a half days with just 107 overs (642 balls) being bowled. South Africa lasted 24 overs for 55 runs in their first innings and 37 overs in their second essay for 176.

All credit goes to the bowlers who made it easy for Team India after knocking South Africa for their lowest score (55) in Test cricket. 

With gloomy conditions hovered around during the first two days in Centurion where rain played a minimal role, one question certainly lies ahead of the 2nd test is, 'will rain again affect the game between the two sides'? Here’s the answer.

he achieved a rare feat which many Indian batsmen haven’t’ got. He became the only visiting batsman to score multiple centuries in Centurion. 

After having conceded a lead of 163 runs, as Elgar, along with fifties from Marco Jansen and David Bedingham, took South Africa to 408, India’s batting in the second innings was very much like a horror movie, just like how their lacklustre bowling effort was.

The incident took place just before the tea interval when KL Rahul defended a delivery of Jansen. His reaction has now been winning hearts online.

Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the two-Test series, which is a part of the World Test Championship cycle, after fracturing his finger.

South Africa challenged the tourists through a fifty by Tony de Zorzi (81, 87 balls) but were eventually bowled out for 218 in 45.5 overs.

An agent took Dibakar Jena to South Africa seven months ago to engage him in the plumbing work. However, he died on Friday, but his family was allegedly not informed about the cause of death. 

Ashwin feels that the youngster has it in him what it takes to bat anywhere in the top order and become a reliable player for the Men in Blue.

As per the revelation by De Villiers, he played his final years with a detached retina.

Du Plessis has been in discussions with new South Africa white-ball coach Rob Walter regarding a potential comeback to the international scene before the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in USA and West Indies next year.

Indian all rounder Hardik Pandya is set to miss the five match T20I series against Australia and three match ODI and T20I series against South Africa due to an right ankle injury