RAJKOT: All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is enjoying a golden run of form, has revealed how advice from former India captain MS Dhoni early on in his career has helped him tremendously to become a better player. The 28-year-old Pandya recently made a comeback into the India squad during the T20I …
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RAJKOT: Soon after he took four for 12, including three wickets in one over, to bundle out South Africa for 87 and shape India’s massive 82-run triumph which helped the hosts come from behind and square the T20I series 2-2 at the SCA Stadium in Khanderi here, pacer Avesh Khan …
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MUMBAI: Experienced India batter Dinesh Karthik smashed a maiden fifty in Twenty20 internationals to help set up the hosts’ massive 82-run victory over South Africa at Rajkot on Friday and send the five-match series into a decider. As it happened | ScorecardThe 37-year-old Karthik, who played the team’s first T20 …
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South Africa (Playing XI) – Quinton de Kock (In for Reeza Hendricks), Temba Bavuma (C), Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), David Miller, Marco Jansen (In for Wayne Parnell), Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi (In for Kagiso Rabada).
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RAJKOT: South Africa batter Aiden Markram was on Wednesday officially ruled out of the remaining two T20Is against India having already missed the first three games after testing positive for Covid-19 before the opening match in Delhi. Markram, who tested positive after the first couple of practice sessions, will not …
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VISAKHAPATNAM: The Indian team management was under severe pressure to ring in a few changes in the third T20I against South Africa as the hosts were trailing 0-2 in the five-match series. However, they didn’t succumb to the pressure and instead showed immense faith in the players’ ability to bounce …
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VISAKHAPATNAM: Cricket has grown by leap and bounds in the country especially since the advent of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is ecstatic not only about the phenomenal reach of the IPL but also the amount of money it is generating. Speaking about the …
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VISAKHAPATNAM: The selectors must have thought that resting a couple of key players wouldn’t make much of a difference to the prospects of the Indian team as the bench strength is quite good. Taking on the fourth ranked South Africa squad which lacks ‘star power’ was supposed to be a …
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CUTTACK: Former India pacer Zaheer khan has said that coach Rahul Dravid needs to have a strong word with the team after India surrendered against South Africa in the second T20I match at the Barabati Stadium here on Sunday. He added that the Indian team is lacking their trademark fighting …
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CUTTACK: Comeback man Heinrich Klaasen followed Rassie Van der Dussen’s suit in turning out to be an unlikely hero with a career-best 81 as South Africa once again outwitted India by four wickets on a tricky pitch to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series here on Sunday. …
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