We are awaiting final confirmation from BCCI regarding being the host nation, says Emirates Cricket Board
The postponed '3TCricket' competition, which would mark the resumption of live cricket in South Africa following the coronavirus-forced break, will be held on July 18. The Solidarity Cup, which will see 24 of South Africa's top cricketers feature in three teams playing two halves in a single match, was scheduled to be held on June 27 but was postponed indefinitely after CSA felt more work was needed to stage it. The teams that will take part in the match are the Eagles, to be captained by AB de Villiers, Kingfishers, to be led by Kagiso Rabada and the Kites, which will have Quinton de Kock as skipper. The announcement of the new date comes a day after South Africa's 44 cricketers, who are part of a men's high performance squad, returned to training amid the COVID-19 pandemic after getting approval from the country's sports ministry. "It's very exciting to get live cricket, featuring our top players, back on our TV screens again," said CSA Acting Chief Executive Dr. Jacques Faul in
The Solidarity Cup will be the showcase event for the brand-new cricket format which sees 24 of South Africa's top cricketers in three teams, playing two halves in one match.
South Africa vs Australia 3rd T20 match will be telecast live on Sony Six and Sony Six HD with English commentary from 9:30 pm IST
The Shreyas Iyer-led side will play its last IPL 2020 match against KXIP on May 16 in an away fixture at Mohali. Delhi's last home-leg match will be played on May 13 at Arun Jaitley stadium
I'm leaving Australian bowlers out of this list as I feel they all are great, says Glen McGrath
Rabada, the frontline pacer of Proteas bowling attack, was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and as a result, he would be missing the upcoming fourth Test match against England
While DC have released six players to the auction pool, they have retained the core of the team in Dhawan, Shaw, Iyer, Pant, Rabada, Ishant, Lamichhane and Amit Sharma
The exclusion of Du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada is part of workload management, keeping in mind the ICC T20I World Cup later this year, says acting selection convenor Linda Zondi
In a bizarre decision, DC bought England opener Jason Roy in IPL 2020 auction, despite having three opening batsmen - Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw - in their squad
Mayank Agarwal also consolidated his place in the side with a double century and a ton, easing India's long time opening woes
Faf du Plessis will continue to lead South Africa in the three-Test series that follows the T20s, with Temba Bavuma named his vice-captain
Rabada has been an exceptional bowler for South Africa over the past two years and he was in good form in the recently concluded Indian Premier League
Concerns over Rabada's fitness for the World Cup surfaced after the South Africa board asked him to return from India, where he was instrumental in Delhi Capitals progress to reach the IPL playoffs
I had a chat before the super over and Rabada told me that he would go for yorkers all through, first, second, third, fourth, every ball, said DC skipper Shreyas Iyer