Former South Africa Test cricketers Thami Tsolekile and Lonwabo Tsotsobe have been arrested over long-running match-fixing allegations and charged with corruption, leaving them facing the possibility of prison sentences if they are convicted. They were both previously given long bans from cricket along with other players. Tsolekile and Tsotsobe were arrested last month over a … Read more
Lasith Embuldeniya will return after more than two years away from Test cricket after being selected in Sri Lanka’s squad to play two Test matches in South Africa starting later this month. The 17-member squad named on Tuesday is led by Dhananjaya de Silva and includes nine batters, three specialist spinners and five pace bowlers. … Read more
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav lavished praise on spinner Varun Chakravarthy for his magical figures of 5 for 17 during their three-wicket loss to South Africa in the second T20I here on Sunday. Chakaravarthy’s stunning spell reduced South Africa to 66 for 6 while chasing 125. However, Tristan Stubbs (47) and Gerald Coetzee (19) held their … Read more
Big picture: Two contrasting T20I runs Both India and South Africa had a sensational T20 World Cup 2024. They sailed through the group stage unbeaten and then topped their respective groups in the Super Eight before registering comfortable wins in the semi-finals. Even in the final, there was little to separate the two teams right … Read more
Following India’s 61-run win over South Africa in the 1st T20I, former cricketer Mark Boucher reflected on Men in Blue spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s performance in the game and said that he bowled briskly. Varun Chakaravarthy picked up three wickets and gave 25 runs in his four-over and helped the Men in Blue to defend the … Read more
A big u-turn could be on the cards over captain Rohit Sharma’s participation in the upcoming opening fixture of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Rohit himself revealed that he isn’t sure of his availability for the first Test against Australia at Perth. But, it looks like things could change, after multiple reports suggested that the … Read more
In the form of his life, Sanju Samson has truly turned his world around with his brilliant consistency across formats. In his last six competitive games, the wicket-keeper batter has scored three hundreds, including one in the Duleep Trophy, hitting a purple patch that he arguably never did in his career before. Samson’s … Read more
Former India all-rounders Yuvraj Singh and Ravi Shastri reserved big praise for wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, who powered his side to a 61-run win over South Africa in the 1st T20I of a four-match series. Thriving in his new role as opener, Samson hammered his second consecutive century in as many games, smashing 107 off just … Read more
Former South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Mark Boucher noted that David Miller seemed at a loss against spin during their 61-run defeat to Team India in the first T20I on Friday, November 8. Boucher, now retired, also commented that the Proteas did not take advantage of the subtle assistance from the pitch. During the middle … Read more
Sanju Samson’s wife, Charulatha Remesh, shared a heartwarming post for her husband after the star wicketkeeper-batter smashed a century to help India beat South Africa in the 1st T20I in Durban. Samson has now scored back-to-back centuries in his last two T20Is for India. After smashing a 47-ball 111 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad … Read more