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Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Second Test Hundred | India vs England | Cricket News – Times of India

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India vs South Africa, 1st Test: India fined for slow over-rate, docked two WTC points – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As if their most devastating loss to South Africa in the opening Test at Centurion was not enough, India were fined 10% of their match fees and lost two significant World Test Championship (WTC) points.India lost the first of the two Test matches in South Africa by an innings and 32 runs, exhibiting a complete and utter capitulation in the span of three days."Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration," the ICC said in a release on Friday.As per the Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which is in context to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their match f...
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South Africa coach hails ‘phenomenal’ team after thrashing India | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Following an innings-and-32-run victory against top-ranked India in the first Test in Centurion, South Africa's coach Shukri Conrad expressed his dissatisfaction on Thursday over his players' perceived undervaluation.On the third day, South Africa improved their first innings score to 408 for a 163-run lead, led by opening batsman Dean Elgar, who will retire after the two-Test series, with 185 and Marco Jansen with a career-best 84 not out.Proteas pacers dismissed India for 131 runs in 34.1 overs, with only Virat Kohli (76) standing in their way as they stormed to victory.On his debut, Nandre Burger collected four wickets for 33, taking his total to seven. Meanwhile, fellow left-armer Marco Jansen claimed three wickets for 36, and first-inning hero Kagiso Rabada added two wic...
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India vs South Africa: Rohit Sharma promises India fightback in second Test against South Africa | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma promised to rally strongly following their crushing innings and 32-run loss to South Africa on Thursday when they play the second and last Test of their brief series next week.Even though India lost the opportunity to win the series, captain Rohit Sharma, who was dismissed for low scores in both innings, predicted that his team would rally and return stronger.Since South Africa is the only nation where India have not won a Test series, the short journey there was nicknamed the 'final frontier.' However, they are unable to achieve so at this time."Honestly, look, we're not good enough to win this match," said Rohit, whose side was dismissed for 131 in their second innings on the third day."I thought we got decent runs on the board on that track in th...
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India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Rohit Sharma slammed for bizarre tactics on Day 2 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As play resumed after lunch at Centurion on Wednesday, former Indian coach and all-rounder Ravi Shastri, who is presently providing commentary for the ongoing red-ball series against South Africa, took aim at captain Rohit Sharma's strange on-field strategies.South Africa reached lunch at 49/1 after India, spearheaded by KL Rahul's 101, were bowled out for 245 runs.To the astonishment of Shastri and the other commentators, Rohit began the second session by bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur and rookie pacer Prasidh Krishna rather than Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah.Making the most of this was opener Dean Elgar, who is playing in his swansong series. He found the fence at will and eventually raced to his 14th Test century.In commentary, Shastri stated that, in any pecking o...
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India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Dean Elgar’s ton in farewell series gives South Africa the lead | Cricket News – Times of India

South Africa started the day without their two best bowlers. India responded by making their own questionable decision in the post-lunch session. Captain Rohit Sharma made the decision of not bringing on Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj straight away after lunch. He opted for Shardul Thakur and debutant Prasidh Krishna. South Africa were 49-1 at that point. In an extended middle session of about 150 minutes (due to loss of play on both mornings), the hosts blasted 145 runs in 33 overs, losing just two wickets. The momentum appeared to have changed hands. To sum up, stand-in captain Dean Elgar (140; 211b, 23x4) and Tony de Zorzi batted for 108 minutes to add 93 runs in about 24 overs for the second wicket. Though India removed de Zorzi and Keegan Petersen in the space of nine balls, ope...
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Impending retirement spurs Dean Elgar to emotive Test ton – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The impending freedom of retirement from the Test arena provided South Africa opener Dean Elgar with the space to deliver one of his finest innings, contributing an unbeaten 140 that granted the hosts an 11-run lead over India after Day 2 of the first Test at Centurion on Wednesday.Just last week, the 36-year-old declared his intention to retire from international cricket after the two-Test series.Elgar expressed that having made this decision, he felt he had little to lose, especially as the home side concluded the day at 256-5 in response to India's first innings total of 245."I wanted to play with a bit of freedom," Elgar said at the close of play after a knock of 211 balls that included 23 fours and saw him celebrate with gusto as he reached the milestone.Having made his ...
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India vs South Africa: KL Rahul’s magnificent hundred takes India to 245 in Boxing Day Test | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: KL Rahul continued his love affair with Centurion as he hit his second successive Test century at the venue to take India to a respectable 245 against South Africa on the second day of the Boxing Day Test on Wednesday.Also See: IND vs SA 1st Test Live BlogRahul became the first visiting batter to score multiple hundreds in Centurion. He had scored 123 in 2021/22 and today was the last man to fall for India for 101.Rahul also became the fifth designated Indian wicket-keeper to hit a century outside Asia.Rahul's knock came from 137 balls and he struck 14 fours and four sixes, adding 31 runs to his overnight 70 not out.India added 37 runs from 8.4 overs in the morning session. The visitors faced 67.4 overs in their first innings.For South Africa, Gerald Coetzee and Nandre Burger...
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South Africa vs India: KL Rahul stands tall on tough and damp day to keep India in the fight on Day 1 of first Test

The mood of the game fluctuated wildly; the gradients of the sky shifted frequently; the batsmen kept toggling between hope and despair; the bowlers veered from sublime to horrible; the day began and ended with rain.Amidst the madness around him, KL Rahul batted with surreal sense and sensibility, stroking an unconquered 70 that cleared the gloom in the Indian dressing room, as darkness descended at SuperSport Park. The total — 208 for eight is by no evaluation a safe total, even if one considers the devils in the pitch — but it’s a total that owed much to Rahul’s resistance and firefighting. It could be the most distinct knock yet of his Test career, when he had to both protect his wicket and throw punches at South Africa’s bowlers on a surface that conspired movement all through the d...
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The perfect solo act: how Kagiso Rabada knocked down Rohit, Kohli and sucker-punched India

Kagiso Rabada walked onto the stage, found that his band had not turned up. So he decided to be the band himself. He was the leading and backing vocalist, on the drums and on the guitar, the one-man chorus and the headbanger. The music he strummed was both delightful and intimidating.The rest of the band merely watched. The most experienced of his bowling accomplice was Marco Jansen, who was wastefulness personified; the debuting Nandre Burger withered after a fiery two-over burst with the new-ball, whereupon he strayed onto the pads of India’s right-handed batsmen; the head-band flaunting Gerard Coetzee barely whopped up the aggression he is capable of producing. The trio looked like hurriedly trimmed offcuts of a slick, shining blazer that was Rabada. He was a one-man solution to all ...
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IND vs SA, Centurion weather update: Wet outfield delays toss of India vs South Africa 1st Test at SuperSport Park

IND vs SA first Test: The start of the first Test match between India and South Africa has been delayed due to wet patches on the outfield, according to media reports from South Africa. The toss, which was to happen at 1 pm IST (9:30 am local time) has consequently been pushed ahead. It is learnt that an inspection of the conditions will happen at 10 am local time (1.30pm IST). Even before the match, there had been predictions of heavy rains interrupting the first two days of the first IND vs SA Test at Centurion. According to AccuWeather, there remains a 96% chance of rain during the day on Tuesday. The website also added that there was a 38 percent chance of thunderstorms, most likely between 7 and 9 am (local time). About four hours of rain is expected in Centurion on Tuesday. The c...
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Series win in South Africa won’t ease pain of losing World Cup final: Rohit Sharma – Times of India

'Difficult to compare SA series to marquee event'Rohit Sharma showed his vulnerability and maturity in good measure ahead of the first day of the Test series in Centurion.He was understandably uncomfortable when talking about life after defeat to Australia in the World Cup final about one and a half months ago."If you had a World Cup (like that) until that point, you expect to go an inch further," he said in a tone of disappointment."Unfortunately, we could not do it. It was hard for all of us."Loss like that is hard. So much happening in life and cricket... you have to find that strength to move away (from the defeat). It takes time, it took time... you have to look forward."When suggested that the first-ever series win in South Africa and a World T20 title in West Indies in June next ...
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South Africa vs India: Connor Williams recalls his only ‘Test’, nowhere in record books or even YouTube now

When India and South Africa travelled to Centurion for the final game of their three-Test series in 2001, the mood in the visitors’ dressing room was rather sombre.After match referee Mike Denness found six Indian players guilty of various offences, including ball-tampering and excessive appealing, during the previous Test in Port Elizabeth, the Sourav Ganguly-led team felt they were being treated unfairly by the former England captain. However, one player had reason to rejoice. Baroda left-handed opener Connor Williams, aged 28 then, was set to replace the banned Virender Sehwag and become the 240th Indian Test cricketer. Alas, it was not to be. The Board of Control of Cricket for India (BCCI) sought the removal of Dennees as match referee for the Centurion Test, but the International ...
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IND vs SA: Centurion curator says he doesn’t know if there will be Day 1 play due to rain; spinners unlikely to get help

There were many surprised faces in the cricketing fraternity when India left Ravichandran Ashwin out for the World Test Championship final at the Oval against Australia earlier this year. There were dark clouds on the first morning, and the pitch had a green complexion to it. The team might encounter similar conditions for the first of a two-match Test series against South Africa in Centurion on Boxing Day. “You are seeing a forecast on Day 1 and Day 2. It doesn’t look very good. The sun is out for four days and, so there will be some purchases for spinners, offer turn and bounce; with the weather forecast, I don’t know how accurate it will be as there will be a lot of rain,” curator Brain Bloy said to PTI on Saturday. Though Ashwin is eleven wickets away from the 500-wicket mark in the...
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South Africa’s Dean Elgar to retire from international cricket after Tests against India | Cricket News – Times of India

JOHANNESBURG: Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar on Friday announced his retirement from international cricket at the conclusion of the upcoming two-Test series against India, commencing in Centurion on December 26.Elgar made his debut in 2012 and has played 84 Tests. The left-handed batter has scored 5,146 runs at 37.28 with 13 centuries and 23 fifties."Elgar will fittingly end his international career with the two Test matches - the first to be played at his home ground in Centurion from 26-30 December and the second at the venue where he scored his first Test runs, Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, from 03-07 January," said Cricket South Africa (CSA) in a statement.The 36-year-old also played eight ODIs, with his last appearance in white-ball cricket coming in 2018."Having ha...