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Renowned all-rounder Hardik Pandya is set to take the helm as the captain of the Mumbai Indians, succeeding its longest-serving, one of the most successful and loved captains the illustrious Rohit Sharma, MI said in a statement

The iconic India captain last played for the country in the 2019 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand

Jayasuriya scored 14 Test centuries from 110 appearances and reached triple figures on 28 occasions in limited-overs cricket from more than 470 matches against the white-ball over a distinguished international career that lasted for more than 20 years.

India managed to bundle out South Africa for a mere 95 runs in just 13.5 overs.

With the century, Surya joined the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Rohit Sharma to score 4 T20I centuries.

Shubha contributed to this with a half-century, making 69 in 76 balls, with 13 fours.

In the all-time list, his big hundred helped him surpass fellow swashbucklers Sir Viv Richards and Virender Sehwag.

Overnight batter A Takshith Rao, who was batting on 254, went on to score 307 as his side President XI posted a massive 736/6 against Rest XI before declaring their innings on the second day

Warner, who is playing his farewell tour, scored 164 off 211 balls, etching his name into the record books.

Markram said left-arm quick Nandre Burger is making his T20I debut in this match.

South Africa are leading the T20I series 1-0 and the last of the three-match T20I series will be held today.

Arif defeated Yogesh Ashok Dhongade of Jain Irrigation 25-1, 25-3. Khazima beat K Nagajothi of Central Civil Service Sports and Cultural Board (CCSCSB) 19-17, 25-12

DRC Kiron defeated Ramu 6-1, 6-2 in the men’s 35 category men’s singles second round match at the GVKAISTA Senior Nationals Tennis Championship

Hussamuddin is a two-time bronze medal winner from Commonwealth Games from 2018 Gold Cost and 2022 Birmingham

Hyderabad drew their match against Haryana as the latter took three points by virtue of first innings lead, on the third day of the Junior Men’s Under-16 Vijay Merhcant Trophy

A Takshith Rao slammed an unbeaten 254 while Navanith Rao scored 170 as their side President XI posted massive 500/3 in 90 overs on the opening day of the HCA Men’s Senior Zonals Multi-Day Tournament

Electing to bat, Trisha and another opener Pranavi Chandra added 84 runs in 11 overs to help Hyderabad post 125/8 in 20 overs. Later, they restricted the opposition to 103/6

Riding on AN Chaaturya’s 91 runs and Manikanta’s 89, City College Old Boys Cricket Association (CCOB CA) registered a comfortable 5-wicket win over Ashwin Sooraj Cricket Academy in final of the 8th Edition of Winter Premier League Jr Cricket Tournament

The IPL 2024 player auction takes place on December 19 in Dubai, UAE. The event is scheduled to start at 3:30 pm IST

While Rohit didn't mention which ultimate glory he is talking about but it is fairly believable now that he is looking at leading India in next year's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA

Hyderabad cricketers A Avanish Rao and Murugan Abhishek, who are in Dubai representing India Under-19 in the Asia Cup, were delighted with their side crushing Nepal to enter the semifinal

Deepika Sinha and S Apoorva of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerged winners in the women’s doubles event of the 28th Federation Cup Carrom Tournament

The historic Night Street Formula Race (Chennai Formula Street Circuit), scheduled to be held on December 9 and 10, has been postponed to next season, owing to unfavourable conditions caused by cyclone Michaung

Dev scored 11 points out of 12 rounds to grab top honours ahead of Lasya Tummapudi and GV Riothvik who took second and third places with 9.5 and 9 points respectively