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After defeating West Indies 2-0 on their home turf, India will be looking to repeat its performances once again in its home den against the South Africa, when it begins the World Test Championship defence during its first home Test campaign. (Photo:AFP)

India aims to script history if it manages to win Test series versus South Africa

This is India’s first Test series at home after defeating West Indies 2-0 in October, 2018.

01 Oct 2019 4:31 PM

South African captain Faf du Plessis has 'learnt' his lessons from the disastrous tour of India four years ago and hopes the team's young members will emerge as improved cricketers after the current Test series, beginning on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP)

Faf Du Plessis says he has 'learnt' lessons from 2015 tour

South Africa had no answer to the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, losing the four-match series 0-3.

01 Oct 2019 3:37 PM

Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin have been included in the playing XI for the first Test of the three-match series against South Africa. (Photo:AFP)

India announce playing XI for first Test against South Africa

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the playing XI of the Indian team one day before the start of the first Test match.

01 Oct 2019 2:37 PM

Former players, including Yuvraj Singh, praised the team management's decision to use Rohit Sharma at the top and said he should be given a long run. (Photo: AFP)

Rohit Sharma confirmed as opener for India in Tests vs South Africa

Virat Kohli said that Sharma's promotion to the opening slot in Tests could end up making the line-up 'more lethal'.

01 Oct 2019 1:58 PM

Virat Kohli requires another 281 runs in 41 innings to be the fastest player to achieve this historic landmark. Currently, Sachin Tendulkar is the fastest batsman 21,000 runs, and he achieved the feat in just 473 innings, while Brian Lara is the second-fastest to touch the milestone (485 innings). (Photo:AFP)

Virat Kohli on brink of breaking big record in home Test series vs South Africa

While, when it comes to Captain Virat Kohli, record comes and goes in each and every match that he plays.

01 Oct 2019 1:43 PM

Wriddhiman Saha will play his first match after a gap of 22 months. (Photo: AFP)

IND vs SA: Wriddhiman Saha to start for India, Rishabh Pant dropped

Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has confirmed that Wriddhiman Saha will start instead of Pant.

01 Oct 2019 1:00 PM

India will be desperately hoping that Rohit Sharma replicates his phenomenal limited overs success as a Test opener when the experiment begins with the series opener against South Africa here on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP)

Rohit Sharma aims to save Test career when India lock horns with South Africa on Wednesday

The build-up to the experiment has not been ideal to say the least with Rohit failing to score in South Africa's sole warm-up game.

01 Oct 2019 11:32 AM

Ajinkya Rahane, India’s Test vice-captain, was under pressure to perform in the West Indies and he delivered with an 81 and 102 in the first Test in Antigua. (Photo:PTI)

Ajinkya Rahane reveals bowling combo for 1st Test against South Africa

There is a definite spring in Ajinkya Rahane’s steps after he ended a 17-Test run of not scoring a hundred, a no which proved to be lucky.

01 Oct 2019 10:04 AM

India's Ajinkya Rahane expressed confidence in the team ahead of the first Test match against South Africa saying that their 'preparation has been really good'. Photo: AFP)

Ajinkya Rahane asserts confidence ahead of 1st Test vs SA

India will enter on the field with a lot of confidence as they won both the Test matches against West Indies.

01 Oct 2019 9:42 AM

Maharaj said the new look South African team is not dwelling over the past. (Photo: AFP)

'Want to replicate Ashwin and Jadeja's consistency': Keshav Maharaj

The South Africa pace attack comprises Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.

30 Sep 2019 9:13 PM

The opener’s position has been in constant turmoil ever since the departure of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, who held the mantle of opening for India for quite a few years. (Photo: AFP/AP)

3 opening pairs India could try during the home Test series vs South Africa

Recently, there has been a lot of debate surrounding the opener’s position in Tests for India.

30 Sep 2019 6:00 PM

Vihari, who made his debut in England in September last year, has played six Tests but all out of India. (Photo: AP)

Hanuma Vihari excited to play his first home Test in Vizag

Laxman appreciated Vihari for the determination shown as a young cricketer and Sridhar for his stellar contribution to the Indian team.

27 Sep 2019 12:53 PM

Bracing up for the upcoming Test series against India, South African batsman Aiden Markram has acknowledged that some of his teammates 'might still be carrying a bit of baggage' of the 0-3 drubbing they endured in 2015. (Photo:AFP)

Certain players might still be carrying baggage of 0-3 loss in 2015, says Aiden Markram

The last time South Africa toured India for Tests four years ago, the visitors were thrashed by Virat Kohli’s men. Markram was 20 then.

26 Sep 2019 4:59 PM

Shafali Verma’s debut in itself wasn’t fruitful as she couldn’t manage to open her account after departing for a duck. (Photo: Twitter)

India’s youngest T20I debutant, Shafali Verma

She is now the second-youngest cricketer to have represented India in international cricket.

25 Sep 2019 4:58 PM

Bumrah is a vital member of the Men in Blue in all three formats. (Photo: File)

Jasprit Bumrah reacts after being ruled out of Tests against South Africa; see tweet

The world number three Test bowler was given rest for the T20I series against Proteas.

25 Sep 2019 12:31 PM

South Africa bowler Tabraiz Shamsi on Tuesday shared a picture with India batsman Shikhar Dhawan while captioning it 'only love, enjoyment and entertainment'. (Photo:AFP)

Tabraiz Shamsi shares pic with Shikhar Dhawan, give a heart-felt caption

In the third T20I between India and South Africa, Dhawan had smashed two back-to-back sixes off the first two balls bowled by Shamsi.

25 Sep 2019 10:03 AM

Indian spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. (Photo: AP)

Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of IND-SA Tests due to injury

Bumrah has sustained a minor stress fracture in his lower back and has been replaced by Umesh Yadav.

24 Sep 2019 5:04 PM

Zaheer also expressed his views about the jeopardy revolving around Rishabh Pant's future in the Indian team. (Photo: AFP)

'You cannot keep a player like Rohit Sharma out of Test side,' says Zaheer Khan

Rohit has been included in the Test squad after Vihari has successfully sealed the No.6 spot due to his impressive show in the Caribbean.

24 Sep 2019 12:51 PM

Kohli was found guilty of breaching Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. (Photo: PTI)

Virat Kohli breaches ICC Code of Conduct, receives official warning

Earlier, the 30-year-old received one demerit point each during the Pretoria Test against South Africa on January 15, 2018.

23 Sep 2019 8:47 PM

Former Indian captain, Sunil Gavaskar, is apparently a fan of Amitabh Bachchan’s quiz show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. (Photo: File)

Sunil Gavaskar imitates Amitabh Bachchan and asks question in KBC style to audience; watch

The 72-year-old asked the audience, “Who should bat at number four?” in a rendition of Bachchan.

23 Sep 2019 5:20 PM

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