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Cape Town: Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara made it to stumps on day two of third Test against South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground here on Wednesday. At stumps, India are 57/2 in 17 overs, leading by 70 runs. In a see-saw day, India took a narrow 13-run lead as the pace attack shot out […]

Cape Town: South Africa were 17 for one at stumps in reply to India’s first innings total of 223 all out on the opening day of the series-deciding third Test here on Tuesday. Opener Aiden Markram and night-watchman Keshav Maharaj were batting on 8 and 6, respectively, at the close of play. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed […]

Cape Town: India were 75/2 at lunch against South Africa on Day 1 of the third and final Test of the three-match series, here on Tuesday. Cheteshwar Pujara (26) and Virat Kohli (15 not out) were at the crease when lunch was taken on the opening day in Newlands. After winning the toss and opting to […]

Cape Town: Virat Kohli’s talismanic presence will be the shot in the arm that India would need in their bid to win the historic first-ever away Test series against South Africa but the hosts will also walk in with a spring in their step in the final Test starting here Tuesday. Kohli missed the last […]

Johannesburg: The win at Wanderers against India is a move in the right direction for the South Africa team, according to skipper Dean Elgar, who revealed that while there is room for improvement, the hosts won’t be tinkering with their game plan heading into the final Test. After slumping to a 113-run defeat in the […]

Johannesburg: Dean Elgar spearheaded a record chase of 240, helping South Africa clinch a series-levelling win over India in the second Test at the Wanderers here on Thursday. After rain washed out on-field action of the first two sessions, rain gods relented for 34 overs of play to happen. That was enough for Elgar, unbeaten on […]

Johannesburg: India pacer Shardul Thakur grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul as South Africa lost the momentum towards the end of the afternoon session to reach 191 for 7 at tea on day two of the second Test. Thakur (13.1-3-43-5) with his happy knack of breaking partnerships more than compensated for Mohammed Siraj”s hamstring injury as […]

Johannesburg: Dean Elgar and Keegan Petersen ensured South Africa did not major damage on Monday as the hosts reached 35/1 at stumps, after their bowlers came up with a fine performance to bundle India out for 202 on the opening day of the second Test here. At stumps, South Africa were still trailing India by […]

Johannesburg: Duanne Olivier dismissed out-of-form batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane off successive balls to leave Virat Kohli-less India reeling at 53 for 3 at lunch against South Africa on the opening day of the second Test, here Monday. Having given up hopes of playing for England, Olivier, who played his first Test in Proteas […]

Johannesburg: India’s formidably consistent match-winners have a date with history in the New Year when they take on an out-of-sorts South Africa in the second Test here from Monday in pursuit of a coveted first-ever series win in the Rainbow Nation. If the ‘Boxing Day Test’ was used to breach the Proteas’ fortress at the […]

Cape Town: Firefighters battled a blaze at South Africa’s national Parliament complex on Sunday that sent a dark plume of smoke and flames into the air above the center of Cape Town. The fire started on the third floor of a building that houses offices and spread to the National Assembly building, where South Africa’s […]

Mumbai: Chief selector Chetan Sharma has heaped praise on in-form opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who has been selected for the upcoming ODIs against South Africa, saying that the Maharashtra batter would “do wonders” for the national team. The Indian team is scheduled to play three one-day internationals against South Africa on January 19, 21 and 23 […]

New Delhi: Captain Rohit Sharma was on Friday ruled out of India’s upcoming ODI series in South Africa due to a hamstring injury, forcing the selectors to appoint KL Rahul as skipper of an 18-member team for the white-ball leg of the tour. All-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja were also not selected as they […]

Centurion: The opening Test win over South Africa here is a testimony to the “all-round side” that India has become in the longest format, said skipper Virat Kohli, describing Centurion as the “the most difficult” among all venues in South Africa. India wrapped up a memorable 2021 in style by bringing down South Africa’s citadel, […]

Centurion: Victorious Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday attributed the Test team’s fine results overseas in recent years to his pace attack and rated Mohammed Shami among the best three seamers in the world currently. Kohli lavished rich praise on his colleagues after the team’s big win. “Just the way these guys bowl together, it’s […]

Set a stiff target of 305, South Africa were bowled out for 191 just after lunch in their second innings on the fifth and final day of the series opener at the SuperSport Park.

Resuming from 94/4 at stumps under a clear bright sky, Bavuma and Dean Elgar struck crisply-timed boundaries to keep India frustrated.

Centurion: Indian batters struggled to cope with uneven bounce but did enough to set up a stiff 305-run victory target for South Africa as they managed to score 174 runs in their second innings on the fourth day of the opening Test, here on Wednesday. On an ever-deteriorating surface, South Africa were 22 for 1 […]

London: One of the epicentres of the Omicron variant — has seen a drop of about 40 per cent in new cases of Covid infection, suggesting that the new variant could be less severe than Delta. The seven day rolling average for new infections plummeted by 35 per cent from an all-time high of 23,000 […]

Centurion: Indian pacers lived up to their reputation by running through the South African top half, reducing the hosts to 109 for 5 at tea after Lungi Ngidi’s six-wicket haul limited the visitors to 327 on day three of the first Test. After a good batting day at the onset, the second day’s heavy showers […]