India beat South Africa by seven wickets to share the honours in the two-match series as the second Test ended inside five sessions here on Thursday. Visiting India thus completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah finished with excellent figures of...
: South Africa were 62 for 3 in their second innings at stumps to trail India by 36 runs on Day 1 of the second and final Test here on Wednesday. Aiden Markram and David Bedingham were at the crease on 36 and 7 respectively at the close of play. Earlier, India collapsed to 153 all...
Mohammed Siraj’s six-wicket haul restricted South Africa to 55 in the second Test at Cape Town. The Indian pacer made ball talk after South Africa captain Dean Elgar opted to bat first. Siraj has been right on the money. He first dismissed Aiden Markram in the fourth over, with Yashasvi Jaiswal taking an excellent catch...
Rafael Nadal won his first match back from a year-long injury layoff when he beat former US Open champion Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International on Tuesday, calling it an “emotional and important day”. The 22-time Grand Slam winner looked in superb touch with a clinical 7-5, 6-1 victory over the Austrian in front of a full...
Dynamic Australian opener David Warner called time Monday on one-day international cricket ahead of his farewell Test against Pakistan this week, but kept the door open to play the 2025 Champions Trophy if needed. The 37-year-old will pad up in his 112th and final Test in his home city Sydney on Wednesday, having plundered 8,695 runs at...
Rafael Nadal avoided meeting a seed first up at his comeback tournament after drawing a qualifier in the Brisbane International, with Russia’s Aslan Karatsev a potential second-round opponent. The 37-year-old Spaniard has been out of the game for almost 12 months following hip surgery after the 2023 Australian Open in January. It was feared that...
KL Rahul held the fort in what turned out to be a tough day for the Indian batters in overcast conditions at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Star Proteas Pacer Kagiso Rabada was at his lethal best, picking up a fifer on a track offering extra and variable bounce. However, Rahul continued his love affair...
With Team India’s backs against the wall, upstepped KL Rahul to deliver one of the finest innings of his career. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer all faltered on a tricky pitch as India took on South Africa in 1st Test of the 2-match series. Rahul, forging little partnerships with lower-middle order batters and tailenders, registered...
The weather here is mirroring cricket. Even Nostradamus may struggle to predict how it would go. The forecast had been grim going into the first Test at the SuperSport Park, after a Christmas day that saw virtually incessant rain. But after a delayed a start on Tuesday, under clouds that didn’t look too menacing, the...
Arsenal will spend Christmas Day on top of the Premier League after they held title rivals Liverpool to a pulsating 1-1 draw at Anfield on Saturday, while Manchester United crashed to a dismal 2-0 defeat at West Ham that piled pressure on Erik ten Hag. Mikel Arteta‘s Arsenal took an early lead through Gabriel Magalhaes, but Mohamed Salah hauled Liverpool level before the...