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IND vs SA 1st Test: India fined for slow over rate, two WTC points docked

India have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee and two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points were docked. India are at the sixth spot in ICC World Test Championship points table (WTC) 2023-24

Virat Kohli becomes first batter to hit 2000 runs in 7 different years

In 2012 (2186 runs), 2014 (2286 runs), 2016 (2595 runs), 2017 (2818 runs), 2018 (2735 runs), and 2019 (2455 runs), Virat Kohli already accomplished the feat.

IND vs SA: Bumrah didn't get support, this wasn't 400 plus pitch - Rohit

Jasprit Bumrah lacked support from other end as there was no reason to concede 400 plus runs on a bowling friendly track where South African speedsters showed how to go about the job, a dejected Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said on Thursday. India lost the opening Test inside three days by an innings and 32 runs after scoring 245 and 131 in the two innings but the game-changer certainly was being taken for 408 runs by South Africa in their first innings. Save Bumrah, who took four wickets and to an extent Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna got pasting of their lives. "This was not a 400-run wicket and we gave too many runs. We sprayed the ball all around, but it happens. One can't depend on one particular bowler (Bumrah), the other three pacers also needed to perform their roles, we could learn from how South Africa bowled," Rohit said after the match. He admitted that although there wasn't lack of effort but Bumrah couldn't alone keep the pressure on Proteas ...

IND vs SA 1st Test: CSA provide crucial injury update on skipper Bavuma

Bavuma was injured during the first innings on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test when he was chasing a ball driven by Virat Kohli off the bowling of Jansen

IND vs SA 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Proteas win by innings and 32 runs

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Proteas beat the Indian team by an innings and 32 runs thanks to heroic works from Elgar (185), Rabada (7 wickets), Burger (7 wickets) and Jansen (84*)

IND vs SA 1st Test: Elgar has no point to prove, wants to go out with bang

Dean Elgar's school of batsmanship on Wednesday was completely out of character but the stodgy left-hander is more intent on bidding adieu to international cricket with a bang than trying to prove a point to anyone. Elgar's unbeaten 140, laced with 23 boundaries, has put South Africa in a commanding position against India on the second day but the man, playing his penultimate Test, felt it was all about enjoying a day that belonged to him. "I don't think I wanted to prove any point. Just that I wanted to go out with a bang as that is standard I set for myself as there's no looking back now," Elgar said about his 14th hundred. Elgar assessed that the track had become better for batting as there was no sunshine, which would have resulted in cracks on the surface but it held firm. "It was quite a good wicket to bat on. Had there been more sun, it would have been tougher. It's just that it's been my way. Could have been another batter another day." Normally known for his defensive dog

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 3: Centurion weather forecast on Dec 27

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 3 weather forecast: Far more improved weather from the first two days of play will be on display on the third day in Centurion

IND vs SA 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Dean Elgar's overshadows Rahul's ton

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Dean Elgar's 140* took South Africa to 256/5 at the end of the day in Centurion as they led the Indian team by 11 runs. KL Rahul scored a ton as well

IND vs SA: When Virat Kohli's wizardry got India a wicket; watch video

Virat Kohli used the old Australian trick of changing the position of the bails and it helped India break the 93-run stand between de Zorzi and Elgar in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa

Always felt I was in right direction: KL Rahul on choosing cricket

KL Rahul delves into details of how he endures criticism and grows from it because playing cricket is his ultimate dream which he is living right now

In top 10 of India's Test history: Gavaskar rates Rahul's ton at Centurion

KL Rahul's brave century during the ongoing opening Test against South Africa here on Wednesday drew high acclaim from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who has rated the knock "in the top ten in the history" of India's red-ball cricket. Rahul, who walked into the middle while the Indians were four down for 92 on Day 1 on Tuesday, made a gutsy 101 off 137 balls before being knocked over by debutant pacer Nandre Burger, as the visitors were all out for 245. Commentating in Hindi on Star Sports, Gavaskar asserted that Rahul's knock had come on a difficult surface, where the ball was behaving erratically, and felt that the confidence needed to bat on such a track has to be enormous. "I have been watching cricket for over 50 years now, and I can undoubtedly say this century by Rahul has to be in the top ten of India's Test history because it's a different pitch here," Gavaskar said. "A batter would not gain the confidence so easily that he has set, especially with the ball doing anything a

IND vs SA 1st Test: Elgar lights up Centurion with ton in farewell game

Dean Elgar brought up his 14th Test hundred in his last game at his home ground of SuperSport Park in Centurion. It came against India on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test

IND vs SA: KL Rahul becomes 1st overseas player to hit 2 tons in Centurion

Before KL Rahul, no other overseas player hit two centuries at this venue where Tests have been played since 1995. Kl Rahul's 101 runs helped India post a respectable 245 on the board

IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Rabada 5-fer gives Proteas upper hand

India vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: Only 59 overs of play was possible on the first day as Kagiso Rabada took a five-wicket haul and KL Rahul hit fifty as India remained 208/8

IND-SA: 'At this stage of his career, Kohli doesn't need lot of practice'

Virat Kohli came into the Centurion Test with only one proper net session on Christmas eve but India batting coach Vikram Rathour categorical said that at this stage of his career, the former captain doesn't need to train a lot. Kohli didn't take part in the only three-day intra-squad practice game played at Tuks Oval in Pretoria and had taken prior permission to meet his family in UK for a mini four-day vacation. On a Centurion pitch that offered a lot of bounce, Kohli looked in good touch for his 38 before Kagiso Rabada's late away swinger squared him up as India finished the rain-hit Day-1 on 208 for eight. "The stage of his career Virat (Kohli) is, I don't think he needs a lot of practice," Rathour said after the end of opening day's play of the first Test against South Africa here on Tuesday. "He bats a lot and trains a lot. So, if he practiced a few days less, doesn't matter much. We saw, how well he was playing. It didn't seem he was away from red ball cricket for six months

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2: Centurion weather forecast on Dec 27

India vs South Africa 1st Test Day 2 weather forecast: It has been raining cats and dogs in Centurion since yesterday night, and the weather prediction for today is not encouraging either.

IND vs SA 1st Test: Proteas skipper Bavuma injured, doubtful to continue

Temba Bavuma's further participation in the Boxing Day Test is in doubt

IND vs SA 1st Test: Kagiso Rabada deflates India with fifer on Day 1

Kagiso Rabada ran through the Indian batting order in the BVoxing Day Test with a five-wicket haul

IND vs SA 1st Test: Dravid suggests luck crucial for India winning series

India head coach Rahul Dravid on Tuesday said his team would not mind a bit of "luck" going its way as it aims to win a maiden Test series in South Africa and breach its 'final frontier' after 31 years of attempting. Having first visited South Africa in 1992, India have made seven more tours and won four Tests but are yet to win a series, even though the Asian giants though have won Test series in England, Australia and New Zealand. "We (have) come close a couple of times and we have played some good cricket here... just a few critical moments we have not been able to, maybe, get over the line, get the 34-40-50 runs that you probably need to be able to... to compete here," Dravid told Star Sports before the start of the opening Test at SuperSport Park. The batting great said the team will take a lot of confidence from the manner in which it bowled on the last tour two years ago, when India squandered a 1-0 advantage to lose the three-match rubber. "Having said that, we looked at a

India vs South Africa 1st Test: Prasidh Krishna makes debut in Centurion

South Africa vs India Playing 11: India have handed a Test debut to pacer Prasidh Krishna while all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was unavailable for the series-opener due to back spasm