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India to address death bowling concerns in final tune-up ahead of T20 WC

India will be looking to round off their T20 World Cup preparation with a marked improvement in their death bowling besides providing crucial game time to its untested players in the three-match series against South Africa, beginning here on Wednesday. India skipper Rohit Sharma, expectedly, singled out death bowling as an area that requires improvement following the series win over Australia. The hosts will be without two of their key bowlers, Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who have been rested ahead of the ICC event next month. Mohammad Shami, who is one of the World Cup reserves, is yet to recover from COVID-19 and will be missing the three games against the Proteas after being unavailable the rubber against Australia. Harshal Patel did not have the best of times in his comeback series against Australia but he will be expected to get back to his best in the final three games before the World Cup. His career economy rate stands at 9.05 but he conceded more than 12 runs pe

T20 WC: Creases that India must straighten during the South Africa series

The skipper of the Indian team needs to find form. It has been a long time since Rohit Sharma has played several good innings on the trot

BRICS members support South Africa's chairship in 2023, 15th summit

According to the statement released by BRICS, ministers were briefed on the preparations for South Africa's Chairship of BRICS in 2023

S Africa: Prez Cyril calls meet on electricity crisis, nationwide blackouts

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had an urgent meeting scheduled with his Cabinet on Wednesday to discuss the country's electricity crisis, which has led to unprecedented levels of nationwide power blackouts in Africa's most developed economy. The troubled state-owned power utility Eskom, which produces about 95% of the country's electricity, is implementing scheduled, rolling blackouts in an attempt to save electricity while struggling to keep its ageing and poorly maintained coal-fired power stations operational. Ramaphosa returned home to chair the meeting with his ministers after attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London. He cancelled his trip to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Eskom had started implementing Stage 6 power cuts, a level that means businesses and homes go without electricity for more than 10 hours a day. The company has since reduced the level to Stage 5, which requires South Africans to go without power for up to eight .

India hosts 10th IBSA meet on sidelines of UNGA for multilateral issues

External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, on a 10-day official visit to the United States, met with his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Franca and South African Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla

SA T20 Auctions: IPL owners loosen purse strings as Stubbs breaks bank

South African batting sensation Tristan Stubbs triggered a bidding frenzy with Sunrisers Eastern Cape getting his services for a staggering 9.2 million rand (USD 500,000 plus) at the inaugural auction of the SA T20 league here on Monday. The six teams in the league are owned by IPL franchises -- MI Cape Town (Reliance), Pretoria Capitals (JSW), Paarl Royals (Royals Sports Group), Durban Super Giants (RPG-Sanjiv Goenka), Johannesburg Super Kings (India Cements), Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kaviya Maran). With a salary cap of R 34 million (USD 1.9 million approx, INR 15 crore) per team, robust bidding was witnessed with Stubbs, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, being the most sought-after. Four franchises were involved in bidding war with MI Cape Town making the initial move followed by Paarl Royals. However, towards the end it was Johannesburg Super Kings and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who fought tooth and nail before the latter made a winning bid of R 9.2 .

US Prez Biden calls South Africa a vital voice despite Russia stance

President Joe Biden praised South Africa as a vital voice on the global stage as he hosted President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday at the White House for talks that were expected to touch on the two nations' differences on Russia's war in Ukraine and more. In a brief appearance before the media at the start of their meeting, Biden made no direct mention that Ramaphosa is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. South Africa abstained from a United Nations vote condemning Russia's actions and calling for a mediated settlement. But the president seemed to offer a subtle recognition that the two countries have their differences. We really need to make sure we fully understand one another, said Biden, who heaped praise on Ramaphosa for his country's leadership on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of climate change and other issues. Ahead of the meeting, South Africa's international relations minister, Naledi Pando

Mumbai Indians appoint South African legend Mark Boucher as head coach

Mumbai Indians had an abysmal season last time, finishing at the bottom of the points table with only four wins out of 14 matches

South African officials confirm detection of new sub-variant of Omicron

Health department spokesperson Foster Mohale on Thursday said that this sub-variant was first detected in July in one sample in Gauteng and since then, it was yet to be detected in other areas again

How a startup in Pakistan folded just a year after raising $85 million

Airlift started by operating vans and small buses used by office workers and students. When that business slowed during the pandemic, the company pivoted to quick commerce

3rd Test: England register a 9-wicket win, complete 2-1 series win over SA

The Proteas looked a lot more assured in their second innings before the wicket of Dean Elgar triggered a massive collapse. South Africa, who at one point were 70/1, were bowled out for just 169

Road Safety World Series 2022, NZL vs RSAL: Live streaming, where to watch?

Road Safety World Series 2022 will witness its fourth match today as New Zealand Legends will play against South Africa Legends. Read this detailed report to know everything about the match

Road Safety World Series 2022: Ticket price and how to book tickets?

Road Safety World Series starts today. As India get ready to defend their trophy, this report will look at ticket price, online booking, previous performance and points table

Road Safety World Series 2022: Schedule, squads, venue and format details

Road Safety World Series 2022: International Cricket Legends will play to spread Road safety awareness. Read this detailed report on match schedule, squads, venue and format details

South Africa name squad for ICC T20 WC, Rassie van der Dussen misses out

White-ball captain Temba Bavuma will make his return to the national fold after demonstrating a full recovery from a left elbow injury suffered in the T20I series against India in June

IMF approval of financing programme mark of confidence: Zambian Prez

The Zambian President, who expressed gratitude to the international lender, said the programme will culminate in jobs, a more affordable cost of living and enhanced development prospects

S Africa moves laws to avoid being grey-listed by financing watchdog

The South African government has introduced some urgent changes to its laws to avoid the country being grey-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. As a policy-making body, the Paris-based 200-member FATF works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in these areas. The Minister of Finance has tabled General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill in Parliament, which will now follow the process of public comments, convening hearings, making amendments and passing the Bill. A statement released by the Treasury said that this demonstrated the commitment of the South African government to Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and addressing the deficiencies identified by FATF's Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) of South Africa, which was published in October 2021. When enacted into law, it

Host cities for ICC U-19 Women's T20 WC 2023 in South Africa revealed

8 of the 10 teams have been confirmed for the senior showpiece, with the 2 remaining qualifiers to be determined at the ICC Women's T20 WC Qualifier taking place in the UAE in September 2022

Amid rising Monkeypox cases, South African Minister expresses concern

Monkeypox virus remains a cause for concern to South Africa, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday, amid rising number of cases in the country. Although monkeypox causes less severe illness, the current rising numbers and the positive cases has become a cause of concern and therefore, we cannot ignore it," Phaahla told media here. I'm saying this because on August 17 we got a report from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) that we have had our fifth positive case of monkeypox, which was in a 28-year-old male from Johannesburg with a travel history of Europe, the Netherlands and Spain as well, Phaahla said. Phaahla said that at this stage no link has been established between these five cases, but the NICD is investigating a possible link between the last two cases as both persons infected had been to Spain, which has already recorded 5,000 positive cases and two deaths resulting from monkeypox. The minister emphasised that the four earlier cases had been mil

Keshav Maharaj, Ayabonga Khaka receive top honours in 2021-22 CSA Awards

Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj and pacer Ayabonga Khaka were named as the Men's and Women's Cricketer of the Year at the 2021-22 Cricket South Africa Awards ceremony held virtually