The young Indian side delivered the first punch in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, as a five-wicket haul by Arshdeep Singh, fifties from debutant Sai Sudarshan and Shreyas Iyer helped India clinch a one-sided win at Johannesburg on Sunday.
In the chase of 117, Indian opener Sai Sudarshan started his international career with a beautiful drive. However, Wiaan Mulder did not let the partnership between Sai and Ruturaj Gaikwad prosper too much, removing the latter for just five runs. India was 23/1 in 3.4 overs.
Star India pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the upcoming two Test matches against South Africa after he failed to recover from the injury he sustained during the ODI World Cup earlier this year.
In a video posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), players were seen practising in nets ahead of the first ODI, which will take place on Sunday.
KKR took to X to announce Shreyas as the skipper of the franchise. Venky Mysore, CEO of KKR, announced that Iyer will continue to captain KKR while southpaw Nitish Rana will serve as his deputy.
Shreyas Iyer has been retained as the skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year.
Shreyas Iyer has been retained as the skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year.
Ever since his international debut in 2017, Iyer has grabbed every opportunity to be in the playing eleven with both hands and has gradually established himself as India's first-choice middle-order batter in ODI and a successor to veteran middle-order Test batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshw
Young spinner Ravi Bishnoi matched Ravichandran Ashwin's record of claiming the most wickets for India in a bilateral T20I home series on Sunday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Following India's six-run win against Australia in the fifth T20I match at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, 'Men in Blue' spinner Axar Patel said that he was able to find his rhythm on Sunday.
Star batter Shreyas Iyer hailed the performance of batters throughout the five-match T20I series against Australia at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.
Shreyas Iyer's hard-fought half-century and Axar Patel's cameo propelled India to a score of 160/8 against Australia in the final T20I on Sunday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.