South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, who was part of the A' team's unofficial Test series in Bengaluru, was the last to join the senior squad on Monday morning as the visitors assembled in full strength ahead of the opening Test against India beginning at the Eden Gardens on Friday. The first batch of the South African contingent, including head coach Shukri Conrad, pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen, along with the players who featured in the white-ball series in Pakistan, had arrived on Sunday morning. "Bavuma, along with another player and a few officials, arrived this morning from Bengaluru. Most of the squad including the head coach had already checked in on Sunday,," the South Africa teams local manager told PTI. "So, South Africa now have their full contingent in. There's no activity scheduled at the Eden today... Most likely, both teams will have their first training session on Tuesday." Bavuma, who had suffered a calf strain and missed the start of South Africa's Wor
Pant received two medical treatments on the field before walking off and was replaced by Dhruv Jurel at the crease
Dhruv Jurel gave a scintillating demonstration of his technical nous with a fighting hundred, carrying India A to a respectable 255 all out after a top-order malfunction against South Africa A on the first day of the four-day match here on Thursday. Asked to bat first, India A were in serious trouble, some of their own making, at 126 for seven, but Jurel (132 not out, 175b, 12x4, 4x6) and Kuldeep Yadav (20, 87b) milked 79 runs for a doughty eighth-wicket stand to bail them out. Jurel's innings stood out for its marvellous adherence to batting technique, helping him survive the vagaries of conditions, pitch and relentlessness of Protean bowlers under largely overcast skies. His batting neither touches the vast expanses nor does it have an element of derring-do, but it's based on stunning compactness that allows him to collect runs stealthily. Even the six he hit off off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen over long on was not an explosive act, but more a melange of timing and precise ball ...
The live streaming of the India vs South Africa Test series will be available on the JioHotstar app and website in India
All the matches of the India A vs South Africa A ODI series will be played at Rajkot's Niranjan Shah Stadium
Some notable names missing from India's squad are Prasidh Krishna, who was part of the last two Test series, while Mumbai batter Sarfaraz once again fails to find a spot in the 15-member squad
Pant missed India's recent Test series against the West Indies while recovering from the injury he sustained during the fourth Test against England in Manchester.
IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal hailed the victory as a watershed moment, drawing parallels with India's iconic 1983 Men's World Cup win.
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Resuming at 119 for 4, India A required 166 runs to chase down a target of 275. Pant (90 off 113 balls, 11 fours, 4 sixes) joined hands with Ayush Badoni (34 off 47) to forge a rapid 63-run stand.
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On Day 2, India A will aim to capitalize on their momentum. The spinners, having found consistent turn and bounce on a responsive pitch, will look to wrap up the tail early and keep SA under pressure.
Wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant is looking "fitter" and is raring to go in the two-match four-day series against South Africa A here, India A vice-captain Sai Sudharsan said here on Wednesday. Pant, who will lead India A, is returning after a three-month absence because of a foot injury which he sustained in July in England, and now the 28-year-old is aiming to get back to the national fold during the two-match Test series against the Proteas. Rishabh looks fantastic, actually, may be fitter I would say. He had some time to build, put that training in his legs because sometimes when you get injured you have that specific time to work on whatever you want. I feel he looks a bit more fit and strong and as courageous as always he is, said Sudharsan after India A's training session. The Tamil Nadu batter said Pant was in his characteristic bubbly self during the training session at the BCCI CoE and has exhorted the team to use the matches to get the red-ball rhythm. The message from P
Bavuma's inclusion is the only change in the batting lineup from the side that drew 1-1 in Pakistan
Gill clarified that no formal discussions had taken place yet regarding the duo's playing schedule in the coming months
Rohit and Kohli started the ODI series vs Australia in the worst possible manner, losing their wickets on 8 and 0 respectively in the first ODI in Perth, before playing match-winning knocks in Sydney
Tickets for the highly anticipated India-South Africa Test at Eden Gardens will go on sale from 12 noon on Monday, the Cricket Association of Bengal announced on Sunday. Fans can book tickets through the District by Zomato app, with prices starting at Rs 60 per day (Rs 300 for all five days) and going up to Rs 250 per day (Rs 1,250 for the full match). The match against the reigning World Test champions from November 14-18 will mark the first Test at the Eden since the India-Bangladesh pink-ball fixture in 2019. It will also be the first Test at the venue in nearly 13 years without Virat Kohli, who retired from the longest format last month. Ahead of the Proteas Test, Eden Gardens is hosting Bengal's Ranji Trophy home matches. In the first game against Uttarakhand, Abhimanyu Easwaran made a match-winning 69 not out in a tricky chase of 156, while a fit-again veteran India pacer Mohammed Shami picked up seven wickets. Bengal will next face Gujarat from Saturday before the pitch is
After the conclusion of the Test series in England, India are placed third in the WTC table with 46.67 percentage points, behind Australia and Sri Lanka.