Australia’s Travis Head has reached a career-best fifth position among batters after his Player of the Match performance in the fifth match of their Ashes series against England.
Virat Kohli will be playing as a player and not as a captain after four years.
India and South Africa will lock horns in a three-match ODI series, with the first match set to be played on Wednesday in Paarl. Earlier, the Proteas had defeated India 2-1 in the Test series.
With Virat Kohli stepping down from Test captaincy after their team’s 1-2 series defeat, Rahul, who led the team in Johannesburg in the former’s absence.
Whether he is batting in the middle or fielding at the boundary line, Kohli’s every move is tracked but some of that attention will now have to be shared by Rahul.
Kohli, whose limited-overs leadership stint ended last year, stunned all by relinquishing Test captaincy on Saturday, a day after India lost a three-match Test series to an under-strength South Africa 1-2.
For Scotland, opener Oliver Davidson top scored with 43. Muhaymen Majeed (11) was the only other batsman to get into doubles figures as Extras (15) turned out to be the second-highest contribution to the scorecard.
He told us in team meeting, we respect his decision: Bumrah on Virat Kohli’s decision to quit Test captaincy
On Sunday, Cummins called Usman Khawaja back into a team huddle for a team photo after the champagne bottles were popped.
Kohli on Saturday announced his decision to step down from the captaincy, a day after losing the Test series to South Africa.
The PCB has asked Muhammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan to return home immediately ahead of the upcoming Pakistan Super League.
Kohl’s decision to quit Test captaincy caught everyone by surprise and India’s limited overs skipper Rohit Sharma was no different.
PCB announced that the seventh season of PSL will be held from 27th January 2022 to 27th February 2022 with all matches taking place in Pakistan.
After India’s victory over the Under 19 Asia Cup, Yash Dhull’s Indian team will be aiming to kick start their ICC Under-19 World Cup campaign.
Kohli ended his seven-year reign as India’s most successful Test captain with memorable series wins in England and Australia being the highlight.
The left-handed opener’s LBW decision by umpire Marais Erasmus was overturned after HawkEye showed the ball trajectory going over the stumps.
After Petersen fell, Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma combined for an unbeaten partnership of 57 off 105 balls to chase down 212, scripting a remarkable series victory from being 0-1 down, losing tosses to acing 200-plus chases twice to win by 2-1
India had won the first Test by 113 runs but South Africa registered wins in the second and third Test to clinch the series.
Kohli, his deputy KL Rahul and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin made some unsavory comments about umpiring and technology in stump mic after rival skipper Dean Elgar got a massive reprieve due to a contentious DRS decision in the last hour on day 3.
India’s second innings folded on 198 as pacers Marco Jansen (4/36) Kagiso Rabada (3/53) and Lungi Ngidi (3/21) shared all wickets between them.
Jasprit Bumrah’s dominant bowling performance backed up by a gritty batting performance by Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli helped India recover some lost ground against South Africa on Day 2 of the ongoing third Test here at Newlands, Cape Town.
The Committee also added fast bowler Navdeep Saini to the ODI squad as a back-up for Mohammed Siraj who is still recovering from his hamstring injury that he sustained in the 2nd Test against South Africa in Johannesburg.
Shah’s remark comes as TATA will be replacing Vivo as the title sponsor of the IPL from this year onwards.
The 22-year old Tamil Nadu player tested positive for the virus in Bengaluru and has not yet joined the other white-ball cricketers in Mumbai, who are scheduled to leave for South Africa in a day or two.
Morris thanked everyone who were a part of his journey and expressed excitement for the coaching role he has been roped in for.