The Sunrisers Eastern Cape steam train is gathering momentum after the defending SA20 champions claimed a third consecutive bonus point win on Wednesday.
The Orange Army had come out in their thousands to welcome home the back-to-back champions, but went back home disappointed as MICT delivered an inspired performance.
The official X handle of Cricket South Africa (CSA) posted a video of AB coming to join his former team and enjoying a game of football with players, including Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs and Marco Jansen.
Aiden Markram, who played a pivotal role in South Africa's qualification for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final, expressed a mix of relief and emotion after his team secured a spot in the final at Lord's on June 11.
South Africa continued their brilliant run in ICC tournaments as after the final of ICC T20 World Cup this year, they have booked for themselves a spot in the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord's next year.
The Proteas were already on top of the WTC standings after a 2-0 series sweep against Sri Lanka at home. Having played 11 Tests in the ongoing cycle, South Africa have won seven games and have a win percentage of 66.67.
South Africa white-ball coach Rob Walter on Monday said that his side will "step up" for the Champions Trophy 2025 after the ODI whitewash to Pakistan.
Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha emerged as Pakistan's heroes as the Men in Green bounced back from the T20I bashing with a close 3-wicket win in the 1st ODI against South Africa.
South Africa right-arm seamer Dane Paterson on Monday dedicated his Man of the Match award to his teammates Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma, and Keshav Maharaj following their exceptional performance in the second and final Test match of the series.
South Africa replaced Australia at the top of the World Test Championship 2023-25 points table following their victory against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test match of the series at the St. George Park on Monday.
On day four during the second innings, Maharaj was the last bowler to strike for Proteas, before Kusal Mendis and skipper Dhananjaya de Silva battled it around with a solid Proteas bowling line-up for 18.5 overs, ending the day four at 205/5, leaving them with just 143 more runs to chase. No