To be honest, I was a little circumspect at first. After all, he is an uncapped Indian player. Yes, he performed well in the Delhi Premier League, but the IPL is a completely different challenge. Playing in the world's biggest stadium and facing a baptism by fire against bowlers like Mohamme
Former India spinner and head coach Anil Kumble believes the variety offered by South Africa's pace trio, featuring Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, and Lungi Ngidi, makes them a dominant force even in the non-friendly bowling conditions evident in the ongoing Champions Trophy.
Bavuma's men kickstarted their chase for the ICC trophy gold in the most remarkable way possible, with Ryan Rickelton's century and Kagiso Rabada's three-wicket haul while defending 316 runs being the show-stealing performances that inflicted a 107-loss on Afghanistan, which will do their ne
Chasing 316 runs, Afghanistan lost wickets at regular intervals. However, Rahmat kept fighting, trying to reduce the gap of defeat to the shortest margin possible and perhaps pull off a miracle. However, SA was too good and Afghanistan succumbed to a 107-run loss.
South Africa's ICC Champions Trophy campaign will be starting from February 21 onwards against Afghanistan at Karachi, followed by matches against Australia (February 25 at Rawalpindi) and England (March 1 at Karachi). Leading up to the tournament, Proteas have display glimpses of audacity,
Champions MI Cape Town dominate the SA20 Team of Season 3 with five players selected. Opening batter and wicket-keeper Ryan Rickelton leads the charge up front, along with dynamic batter Dewald Brevis, allrounder George Linde and seam bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult.
Rabada's performance was fitting of the grand occasion with the fast bowler claiming 4/25 to dismiss the Sunrisers Eastern Cape for just 105 in response to MI Cape Town's 181/8 - the second-highest score in a SA20 Final, as per a press release from SA20.
With thundershowers prevalent all day on the Highveld, the match was interrupted at various stages. A lengthy stoppage after the dinner interval caused JSK's chase to be reduced to 19 overs with the initial target of 141 revised to 136.
Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan reflected on leading MI Cape Town in the upcoming SA20 Season 3 and said that the players need to give 100 per cent on the field and only then they can get the right results in the tournament.
The Proteas closed out their bilateral cycle with a 10-wicket win over Pakistan in Cape Town, completing a clean sweep against Shan Masood's side following their earlier two-wicket win in Centurion.