Starc delivered another age-defying performance, his sixth five-wicket haul in pink-ball Tests, the most by any bowler and taking his tally of pink-ball Test wickets to 87, the highest by any bowler in history, with teammates Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins (43 each) as his distant rivals, havin
South Africa opener Aiden Markram's century, followed by Matthew Breetzke and Dewald Brevis' crucial half-centuries, helped the visitors chase a daunting target of 359 runs against India in the second ODI of the ongoing three-match series on Thursday.
Aiden Markram's explosive ton and well-calculated fifties from Dewald Brevis and Matthew Breetzke outshone the centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad and Virat Kohli as the Proteas chased down 359 runs at Raipur to set up an exciting series decider at Visakhapatnam on Saturday. India's sloppiness on
With this win, the series is level at 1-1. After centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad (105 in 83 balls, with 12 fours and two sixes) and Virat Kohli (102 in 93 balls, with seven fours and two sixes) and a half-century from skipper KL Rahul (66* in 43 balls, with six fours and two sixes) took India
Ruturaj (105 in 83 balls, with 12 fours and two sixes) and Virat (102 in 93 balls, with seven fours and two sixes) had a 195-run stand for the third wicket, while KL Rahul (66* in 43 balls, with six fours and two sixes) also had a fine partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (24*) towards the en
India is 1-0 up in the series heading to Raipur after the exploits of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav downed an Aiden Markram-led Proteas unit, which fell 17 runs short of a run-chase of 350 runs, despite fighting knocks from Matthew Breetzke, Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch.
India's veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes Rohit Sharma's transformation into a six-hitter is remarkable as he surpassed former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi's six-hitting record, to become the batter with the most sixes in ODIs.
A man was shot dead on late Monday in Chandigarh's Sector 26, prompting a high-level police investigation. IG Chandigarh, Pushpendra Kumar, confirmed that multiple shots were fired during the incident, resulting in the death of 35-year-old Inderpreet Singh Perri.
Kuldeep Yadav continued his brilliant run with the ball in ODIs against South Africa as he helped India secure a 17-run win over the Proteas in the first ODI of the series in Ranchi on Sunday. Kuldeep also became the 11th Indian bowler to take 350 international wickets.
South Africa captain Aiden Markram expressed pride in his team's ability to get really close to India's target of 350 despite the top-order failure in the first India vs South Africa match of the series on Sunday in Ranchi.