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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 […]
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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 […]
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Cape Town: India Test captain Virat Kohli believes that he doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone and is happy at following his processes. Kohli, who didn’t feature in the second Test due to an upper back spasm, has been in a lean patch of form and hasn’t scored a century in international cricket since […]
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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 […]
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Johannesburg: Rahul Dravid never believed in “rocking the boat” and is certainly not going to change his template of giving the longest rope possible to Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane even if Hanuma Vihari’s wait for regular chances gets a tad longer. Vihari, Indian cricket’s ”Tough Runs Man” has never had it easy in terms […]
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Johannesburg: India’s Test captain Virat Kohli, who missed the second Test in Johannesburg due to an upper back spasm, took some time out to train with the team ahead of the third day’s play on Wednesday. In a positive sign for the Indian cricket team, Kohli was seen receiving throwdowns from head coach Rahul Dravid […]
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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 […]
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Johannesburg: India Test skipper Virat Kohli has been phenomenal despite “all the noise around him” and will soon be scoring big runs, head coach Rahul Dravid said on Sunday, backing the superstar batter who has been locked in a war of words with the BCCI over the way his white-ball captaincy tenure ended. What has […]
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The year that got us the greatest happiness I've known. So, deepest gratitude 2021, thank you!" She also added a 'family of three' emoticon in the caption.
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Centurion: The Indian team will look to reset its first innings target after the second day’s play in the opening Test against South Africa had to be called off without a ball being bowled due to heavy and persistent rain since morning here on Monday. What started as a drizzle this morning became a steady […]
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Centurion: India vice-captain KL Rahul on Friday indicated that the team will continue with its five-bowler strategy in the first Test against South Africa but agreed that the choice between Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer for the number five slot is a tough one. India have been practising here for a week ahead of the […]
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New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Saturday spoke honestly regarding what he felt about Virat Kohli’s attitude, saying he likes the Indian Test skipper’s “attitude but he fights a lot”.There have been talks on the T20I captaincy issues wherein Kohli had stated that he wasn’t told by […]
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New Delhi: KL Rahul will don the vice-captaincy hat for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. Rohit Sharma would have been the vice-captain, but a hamstring injury ruled him out of the series and hence Rahul would act as deputy to Virat Kohli. Sources in the know of developments confirmed to ANI that […]
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London: Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar has become the third most admired sportsperson in the world. Current India Test captain Virat Kohli is the fourth most admired sportsperson in the world, reported Goal.com. The top two spots are taken by football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. As per a survey conducted by YouGov, a […]
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Kolkata: A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it. Kohli, during his pre-departure press conference ahead of the tour of South Africa, said that he was never asked to stay on […]
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New Delhi: The former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar said that the Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli’s contradictory statement on the issue of captaincy, saying the BCCI president “surely should be asked” how the difference in perception arose. Days after Kohli quit T20I captaincy, Ganguly said that the […]
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India and South Africa will lock horns in the Test series which gets underway from December 26.
