SA vs PAK Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - 2nd ODI

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South Africa vs Pakistan - 2nd ODI of the 3-Match ODI Series in the Pakistan Tour of South Africa 2024-25, at SuperSport Park, Centurion

Weather Forecast
Light Rain - 21°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - SuperSport Park, Centurion

(i) Total Matches - ODIs

Total Matches - 60

Avg 1st Innings - 247
Avg 2nd Innings - 210

Highest - 392/6 (South Africa vs Pakistan - 4th Feb'2007)

Times won Batting First - 25
Times won Batting Second - 32
Times No Result - 3

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

SA - 46 - 27w/17l/2nr
PAK - 12 - 6w/6l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - ODIs

SA

David Miller - 8th highest run scorer (402), Avg (40.20) - 14M/13I
Rassie Van Der Dussen - 16th highest run scorer (277), Avg (69.25) - 6M/5I
Heinrich Klaasen - 24th highest run scorer (201), Avg (50.25) - 4M/4I
Andile Phehlukwayo - 38th highest run scorer (169), Avg (28.16) - 9M/6I

Kagiso Rabada - 7th highest wicket taker (14), SR (41.4) - 11M/11I
Andile Phehlukwayo - 16th highest wicket taker (8), SR (41.3) - 9M/7I
Keshav Maharaj - 23rd highest wicket taker (7), SR (28.3) - 5M/5I

PAK

Babar Azam - 18th highest run scorer (266), Avg (88.67) - 3M/3I

Shaheen Afridi - 36th highest wicket taker (5), SR (30.6) - 3M/3I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) South Africa vs Australia - 15th September'2023
416/5 vs 252/9 (SA won by 164 runs)

Pacers - 5w+8w=13w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

2) South Africa vs Bangladesh - 23rd March'2023
154/10 vs 156/1 (BAN won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+0w=6w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

3) Bangladesh vs South Africa - 18th March'2022
314/7 vs 276/10 (BAN won by 38 runs)

Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

4) South Africa vs Pakistan - 4th April'2021
341/6 vs 324/9 (SA won by 17 runs)

Pacers - 6w+7w=13w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

5) South Africa vs England - 9th February'2020
256/7 vs 257/8 (ENG won by 2 wkts)

Pacers - 1w+7w=8w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

6) Sri Lanka vs South Africa - 3rd March'2019
231/10 vs 232/2 (SA won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

7) South Africa vs Pakistan - 27th January'2019
164/10 vs 168/2 (PAK won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

8) India vs South Africa - 10th February'2018
289/7 vs 207/5 (SA won by 5 wkts - DLS)

Pacers - 6w+2w=8w
Spinners - 0w+3w=3w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 41w
2nd Innings - 31w

Spinners
1st Innings - 15w
2nd Innings - 14w

Overall
72w:29w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

South Africa (SA)

1. Temba Bavuma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4), 2(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(23), 31(55)

2. Keshav Maharaj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(39)&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(11)&3w, 23(16)&2w

3. Ryan Rickelton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Heinrich Klaassen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(40), 1(21), 174(83)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(12)

5. Marco Jansen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)&2w

6. Tony De Zorzi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Aiden Markram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(30), 19(23), 8(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(21)&2w, 0(3)

8. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(9), 14(13), 25(36), 50(56), 16(31), 82(45)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(26), 10(10)*, 79(57)

9. Kwena Maphaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Tristan Stubbs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 34(42)&0w, 2(5), 29(35)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 0w, 54(61)&1w, 2(13)&1w

12. Ottneil Baartman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Kagiso Rabada
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 13(10)*&1w, 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w

14. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

15. Rassie Van Der Dussen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4), 123(134)*, 4(10), 62(65)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 86(98)

Pakistan (PAK)

1. Saim Ayub
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(72), 94(82)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 103(104)

3. Mohammad Rizwan (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(52)

4. Irfan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Usman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Tayyab Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Faisal Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Shahnawaz Dahani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

13. Shaheen Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

14. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

15. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Sufiyan Muqeem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
84 - 52w/31l/1nr (In favor of SA)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favor of PAK)

(iii) On This Venue
8 - 4w/4l (Tied)

(iv) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams have met each other - ODIs
(Before this series)

SA

David Miller - 23rd highest run scorer (536), Avg (29.77) - 25M/23I
Rassie Van Der Dussen - 27th highest run scorer (481), Avg (96.20) - 9M/8I
Andile Phehlukwayo - 49th highest run scorer (212), Avg (53) - 9M/6I
Aiden Markram - 52nd highest run scorer (174), Avg (34.80) - 5M/5I
Temba Bavuma - 63rd highest run scorer (141), Avg (35.25) - 4M/4I

Andile Phehlukwayo - 27th highest wicket taker (14), SR (30.1) - 9M/9I
Tabraiz Shamsi - 38th highest wicket taker (9), SR (30.6) - 5M/5I
Kagiso Rabada - 47th highest wicket taker (7), SR (68.7) - 9M/9I

PAK

Babar Azam - 20th highest run scorer (573), Avg (63.66) - 11M/11I

Shaheen Afridi - 23rd highest wicket taker (16), SR (29) - 9M/9I
Haris Rauf - 38th highest wicket taker (9), SR (26) - 4M/4I

(v) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) South Africa vs Pakistan - 17th December'2024
239/9 vs 242/7 (PAK won by 3 wkts)

Heinrich Klaasen - 86(97)
Ryan Rickelton - 36(38)
Aiden Markram - 35(54)
Tony De Zorzi - 33(25)
Ottneil Baartman - 2w
Kagiso Rabada - 2w
Marco Jansen - 1w
Tabraiz Shamsi - 1w
Saim Ayub - 109(119) & 1w
Agha Salman - 82(90)* & 4w
Abrar Ahmed - 2w
Shaheen Afridi - 1w

2) Pakistan vs South Africa - 27th October'2023
270/10 vs 271/9 (SA won by 1 wicket)

Babar Azam - 50(65)
Mohammad Rizwan - 31(27)
Shaheen Afridi - 3w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Aiden Markram - 91(93)
David Miller - 29(33)
Temba Bavuma - 28(27)
Rassie Van Der Dussen - 21(39)
Marco Jansen - 20(14) & 3w
Tabraiz Shamsi - 4w

3) Pakistan vs South Africa - 7th April'2021
320/7 vs 292/10 (PAK won by 28 runs)

Babar Azam - 94(82)
Shaheen Afridi - 3w
Haris Rauf - 2w
Andile Phehlukwayo - 54(61) & 1w
Temba Bavuma - 20(23)
Keshav Maharaj - 19(11) & 3w
Aiden Markram - 18(21) & 2w

4) South Africa vs Pakistan - 4th April'2021
341/6 vs 324/7 (SA won by 17 runs)

Temba Bavuma - 92(102)
Rassie Van Der Dussen - 60(37)*
David Miller - 50(27)*
Aiden Markram - 39(34)
Andile Phehlukwayo - 2w
Babar Azam - 31(33)
Haris Rauf - 3w
Mohammad Hasnain - 1w

5) South Africa vs Pakistan - 2nd April'2021
273/6 vs 274/7 (PAK won by 3 wkts)

Rassie Van Der Dussen - 123(134)*
David Miller - 50(56)
Andile Phehlukwayo - 29(35) & 2w
Babar Azam - 103(104)
Mohammad Rizwan - 40(52)
Haris Rauf - 2w
Shaheen Afridi - 2w
Mohammad Hasnain - 1w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

South Africa (SA)

1. Ryan Rickelton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(38)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Aiden Markram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(23), 39(34), 35(54)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(16)&1w, 18(21)&2w, 91(93)&0w

3. Rassie Van Der Dussen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 93(101), 18(31), 123(134)*, 60(37), 8(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 80(123)*, 50(61)*, 36(47), 21(39)

4  David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(10), 6(10), 0(1), 67(77), 19(24), 37(51), 34(33), 5(10), 15(25), 75(104)*, 16(12)*, 4(7), 50(56), 50(27)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(20)*, 11(19), 4(14), 2(4)*, 24(26), 0(13), 31(26), 31(37), 29(33)

5. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 11(21)&1w, 29(35)&2w, 3(5)&2w, 1(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 69(80)*&4w, 0w, 2w, 46(31)*&1w, 54(61)&1w

6. Temba Bavuma (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4), 92(102)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(23), 28(27)

7. Heinrich Klaassen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(21), 11(9), 86(97)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 4(12), 12(10)

8. Kagiso Rabada
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(23)&0w, 0w, 0w, 13(10)*&1w, 1w, 11(22)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 3(7)&0w

9. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 4(6)*&4w

10. Tristan Stubbs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Tony De Zorzi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Marco Jansen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(27)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(14)&3w

13. Kwena Maphaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Keshav Maharaj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(11)&3w, 7(21)*&0w

15. Ottneil Baartman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(16)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Pakistan (PAK)

1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(15), 69(72), 24(25), 69(80), 94(82), 50(65)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(51)*, 49(69), 41(53)*, 103(104), 31(33), 23(38)

2. Saim Ayub
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 109(119)&1w

3. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(4)

4. Mohammad Rizwan (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(30), 2(7), 31(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(1)*, 40(52), 0(2), 1(5)

5. Tayyab Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Kamran Ghulam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(14)&0w

7. Irfan Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

8. Haris Rauf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 0w

9. Shaheen Shah Afridi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w

10. Usman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Abrar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

12. Sufiyan Muqeem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Agha Salman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 82(90)*&4w

14. Mohammad Hasnain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 12(5)*&1w

15. Faisal Akram
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Shahnawaz Dahani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(17)*&0w

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) SOUTH AFRICA (SA) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Ryan Rickelton - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 36, 2, 24, 101, 1, 20, 13, 21, 12, 27, 1*, 4

2) Tony De Zorzi - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 33, 0, 19, 4, 17, 9, 0r 0w, 177, 30, 41, 12, 26, 31, 11

3) Aiden Markram - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 35r 0w, 20r 0w, 55r 0w, 9, 47, 8r 0w, 29r 0w, 3r 1w, 8r 0w, 33r 0w, 6, 20r 0w, 8

4) Rassie Van Der Dussen - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 8, 66*, 0, 92*, 14, 10, 24, 3, 4, 62

5) Tristan Stubbs - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 1, 4, 47, 16, 122, 43r 0w, 12, 47*, 11, 106, 23, 30*, 10r 0w

5) Heinrich Klaasen - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 86, 8*, 12, 0, 41, 2, 25, 13, 13

7) Andile Phehlukwayo - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 8*, 63, 88r 1w, 16r 0w, 18r 0w, 39r 0w, 12r 0w, 0w, 2w

8) Marco Jansen - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 4r 2w, 8r 1w, 7w, 13r 4w, 29r 0w, 54r 1w, 7r 1w, 12r 1w, 9r 0w, 29r 0w, 2r 1w

9) Ottneil Baartman - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 10r 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w

10) Tabraiz Shamsi - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w

11) Kagiso Rabada - LHB, RF
Last 10 - 11r 2w, 23r 1w, 8r 2w, 1w, 15r 2w, 5w, 0w, 3w, 6w, 1w, 6r 3w, 3w 21r 1w, 3w, 0w

BENCH

12) Keshav Maharaj - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 14r 5w, 24r 2w, 6r 0w, 2w, 0w, 5r 1w, 2w, 5w, 3w, 2w, 7r 0w, 0w

13) David Miller - LHB
Last 10 - 82, 36, 18, 0, 18, 8, 36, 50*, 30, 71*

14) Kwena Maphaka - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 12r 2w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w

15) Temba Bavuma - RHB
Last 10 - 78, 66, 70, 113, 35*, 4, 22, 38, 0, 4, 86, 15*, 51, 7

Safe C/VC Choices
Kagiso Rabada, Aiden Markram

B) PAKISTAN (PAK) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Saim Ayub - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 109r 1w, 98*, 31, 36*, 24, 31r 2w, 113r 1w, 11r 0w, 42, 82r 0w, 1, 19

2) Abdullah Shafique - RHB
Last 10 - 0, 50, 32* 1, 37, 64*, 12, 14, 5*, 7, 4, 102, 0

3) Babar Azam - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 23, 31, 0, 41, 3, 3, 28*, 15*, 37, 30, 5

4) Mohammad Rizwan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 11, 74, 37, 19*, 16, 0, 30*, 44

5) Kamran Ghulam - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 103r 1w, 17, 5, 3, 118, 26, 36r 1w

6) Agha Salman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 82r 4w, 32r 1w, 1w, 13, 30r 0w, 3w, 4r 3w, 1, 0

7) Irfan Khan - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1, 30, 1, 27*, 3, 7, 10, 37*

8) Shaheen Afridi - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 9r 3w, 16r 1w, 0w, 11r 0w, 3w, 3w, 24r 2w, 26, 10r 1w

9) Naseem Shah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 40r 1w, 33, 6r 2w, 14r 0w, 1w

10) Haris Rauf - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 4w

11) Abrar Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 9r 1w, 2w, 6r 1w

BENCH

12) Usman Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 3, 9, 5, 39, 3, 52, 4, 93r 0w, 0

13) Sufiyan Muqeem - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 5w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w

14) Tayyab Tahir - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 6, 18, 21, 39*, 29*, 16, 32r 0w, 24r 0w, 67

15) Mohammad Hasnain - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 8r 3w, 2w, 3w

16) Faisal Akram - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 5w, 2w

17) Shahnawaz Dahani - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 5w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 5r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

Safe C/VC Choices
Saim Ayub, Shaheen Afridi

Differential GL C/VC choices

SA - Tabraiz Shamsi, Marco Jansen, Rassie Van Der Dussen

PAK - Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafique, Agha Salman

 

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India's wicketkeeper-batter was out playing high-risk shots at crucial moments in both innings at the MCG
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:46:11 GMT
India went to tea with strong hopes of drawing the Boxing Day Test, but Cummins and Co kept pegging away to seal a fantastic win at the MCG
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:05:06 GMT
The total attendance over five days surpassed the previous record of 350,534 set at the MCG in 1937
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:04:09 GMT
If not the remaining two Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests, then Australia's visit to Sri Lanka will decide who meets South Africa at Lord's in June 2025
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:56 GMT
Australia's lower order extended the lead to 333 after they had slipped to 91 for 6 at one stage
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:08:52 GMT
India will need to pull off the highest successful chase at the MCG to win the Boxing Day Test
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:16:37 GMT
Nitish Kumar Reddy happy to have already proven his doubters wrong with the bat, but he wants to fill the allrounder's role better for India
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 11:22:30 GMT
He says Pant should be batting lower than No. 5 if he only plays "these shots"
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 09:16:58 GMT
Reddy shared a 127-run stand with Washington Sundar as India fought back after being 221 for 7
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:57:14 GMT
After a six-for with the ball, Deepti scored 39* with the bat with India in choppy waters at that stage
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:56:55 GMT
After Australia finished on 474, India fought back with a century stand between Jaiswal and Kohli before they lost three wickets late on the second day
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:28:24 GMT
Bumrah had a significant say with three wickets although it was Australia who edged the honours with their top four all passing fifty
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:10:01 GMT
Konstas later brushed the incident aside, but Ricky Ponting said on commentary that Kohli "instigated that confrontation"
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:08:56 GMT
Pandey is fresh off her maiden stint at WBBL; she also turned for TKR in the WCPL earlier this year
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:01:10 GMT
The India batter had made scores of 31, 28 and 1 in his three innings in Adelaide and Brisbane
Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:20:38 GMT
He equals Ashwin's record of 904 rating points as he consolidates the top spot on the bowler's table
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:15:17 GMT
It's almost the same squad that won the Asia Cup in Malaysia recently
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:26:45 GMT
Australia will have all eyes on their new opener Konstas, and India would want more support for their star bowler Bumrah
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:08:40 GMT
Matthews' knock wasn't enough as West Indies were eventually bowled out for 238 in big chase
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:58:14 GMT
The final has been allocated to Lahore, but will be played in Dubai if India make the title round
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:02:52 GMT
The India captain emphasised that the team management doesn't want to tamper with the batters' mindsets
Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:17:21 GMT
Mumbai allrounder was part of the India A tour to Australia before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy began
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:52:26 GMT
Tanusree Sarkar led the way for Bengal with 113 off 83 balls, while Priyanka Bala, Dhara Gujjar and Sasthi Mondal scored half-centuries
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:29:05 GMT
His left knee has minor swelling due to increased joint loading from his bowling workload
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:07 GMT
The hosts dominated from start to finish despite not batting to full potential, winning by 211 runs
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:24:25 GMT
Pakistan will kick off the tournament against New Zealand in Karachi on February 19
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 08:32:56 GMT
Rohit was struck on the knee while attempting to play a pull shot and had to be attended by the physio
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:05:01 GMT
It was the second-biggest successful chase in Vijay Hazare Trophy history
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:18:22 GMT
Only Jake Fraser-McGurk and AB de Villiers have scored faster List A centuries
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 03:48:31 GMT
Pakistan will not travel to India for the remaining ICC tournaments in the ongoing events cycle
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:23:18 GMT
India posted 217 for 3, their highest-ever T20I total, in their first bilateral T20I series win at home since 2019
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:59:29 GMT
"I don't think Ashwin the cricketer is done, I think only Ashwin the Indian cricketer called time."
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:24:24 GMT
Ashwin played only one of the first three Tests of the ongoing series in Australia, taking 1 for 53 in the day-night fixture in Adelaide
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:14:55 GMT
India captain takes heart from India having put the pressure back on Australia late in the Gabba Test, despite having fallen behind earlier
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:13:18 GMT
India captain says "it's high time somebody from NCA talks about him, where he is rehabbing"
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:33:17 GMT
Australia and India conjured up the most intriguing of what-ifs in the 22 overs that were possible on the fifth day
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:09:10 GMT
India's last wicket pair put on 39 to help them take the innings into the final day at the Gabba
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:24:12 GMT
Captain Matthews leads chase with an unbeaten 47-ball 85 after Dottin's excellence with the ball and on the field restricts India
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:40 GMT
The batter posted his List A stats on social media, expressing surprise at his omission
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:35:38 GMT
A total of 98 overs can be bowled on the final day, but only 192 have been bowled across the first four days of this Test
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:37:39 GMT
He "will be exploring new opportunities" in the world of cricket and the "business side of it"
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:59:34 GMT
India need 195 more runs to avoid the follow-on with six wickets in hand
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:38:51 GMT
He says Siraj has a "little bit of a niggle" and praises his "fighter spirit that the team loves"
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:04:00 GMT
The Mumbai captain says Shaw needs to "figure out himself" how to get things back on track
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:51:52 GMT
MP captain Patidar's unbeaten 40-ball 81 wasn't enough as Mumbai chased down 175 with 13 balls to spare
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:42:09 GMT
Dottin led the fight for West Indies with a rapid fifty, but her team still fell 49 runs short
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:07:36 GMT
The lack of depth in India's attack showed as the day went on as Head and Smith added 241 in 302 balls
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:52:17 GMT
Harmanpreet admits that the short turnaround between the ODIs in Australia and the T20Is at home against West Indies is "very difficult" to deal with
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:37:13 GMT
Asked to bat first at the toss, Australia's openers ensured they did not lose a wicket against the new ball in brief spell of play
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 04:23:06 GMT
Bhatia, Patil and Punia remain unavailable for India's white-ball series against WI due to injuries
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:05:03 GMT
The India batter has looked good in his two innings this series but will want a few more runs to show for it
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:42:03 GMT
The last time India played at this venue, they pulled off one of the greatest wins in Test cricket
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:17:48 GMT
She made a welcome return to form as the hosts clean-swept India building towards a defence of their 50-over title
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:15:01 GMT
Mandhana scored 105 off 109 balls in the 299-chase, but India collapsed after her dismissal
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:55:27 GMT
Gaud and Harpreet also contributed to the 174 chase as MP entered their first SMAT semis since 2010-11
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:39:56 GMT
Travis Head and Temba Bavuma among batters and Pat Cummins and Matt Henry among bowlers to have moved up this week
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:21:13 GMT
After the surgery in London, Sai Sudharsan put out an Instagram post saying "will be back stronger in no time"
Sat, 14 Dec 2024 06:19:11 GMT
Australia, India and Sri Lanka are also still in the race, with 10 Tests left in this cycle
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:55:11 GMT
Bhuvneshwar and Rinku, meanwhile, teamed up with Vipraj Nigam to help UP blaze past Andhra into the final eight
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:02:29 GMT
In addition, one demerit point was also added to Siraj and Head's disciplinary records
Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:01:41 GMT
The secretary's position had been left vacant after Jay Shah took over as the ICC chair from this month
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:32:15 GMT
He also defends picking Harshit Rana for the Adelaide game: "Rana didn't do anything wrong in the first Test"
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:30:42 GMT
The duo helped Bangladesh defend 198 as India went down by 59 runs in Dubai
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:28:01 GMT
The India fast bowler has not played for India since November last year
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 09:35:46 GMT
India could add only 47 to their overnight score as Australia finished things off in under four overs with the bat
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:12:14 GMT
India fast bowler contradicts Australian batters comments from press conference
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:04:00 GMT
Voll continued her stunning rise in the international arena while Perry produced a vintage knock
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:35:46 GMT
The five teams have 19 slots to fill, and have 120 players to choose from on December 15 in Bengaluru
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 17:42:31 GMT
Head's innings of 140 was scored at a strike-rate of 99.29 and flattened India by the time they came out to bat in the final session
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 13:49:41 GMT
The Australia batter said there had been 'no confrontation' in the lead-up to the moment
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:43:42 GMT
Starc's career-best figures of 6 for 48 saw India fold for 180 before the batters kept Bumrah and Co at bay
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:50:22 GMT
Bengal, Chandigarh, Andhra, UP, Baroda, Delhi, MP, Saurashtra, Mumbai and Vidarbha made it to the knockouts
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:27:22 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands the proposal emerged on Thursday after meetings between the new ICC chair Jay Shah and PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:23:57 GMT
India captain was all praise for Washington Sundar but he also said he sees Ashwin and Jadeja "playing a huge role in the rest of the series"
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 09:16:12 GMT
Rookie legspinner Mishra, Renuka help India salvage positives in big defeat
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