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Johannesburg - It may be the result of too much T20 or 100-ball matches in the last year, but the Proteas found that slowing down allowed them to ‘go big’ with the bat in the third One-Day International against the West Indies on Thursday.
Sune Luus will captain the Proteas Women at the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand from next month in the continued absence of regular skipper Dane van Niekerk.
Rohit Sharma starts his full-time ODI tenure on Sunday as his team play the West Indies in their 1,000th one-day international, the first side ever to reach the milestone. The encounter at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad is the first of a three-match series but will be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. India passed 500,000 deaths from the virus on Friday, although infection rates in the current Omicron outbreak have slowed in recent days.
Ajit Agarkar reckons the biggest challenge for India's new white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma is to remain fit ahead of T20 and ODI World Cup scheduled over the next 24 months. Rohit was appointed skipper after Virat Kohli stepped down as captain from T20Is and was removed from the leadership role in ODIs. “I think it's a good thing and the right thing to do - to have one captain for white-ball format and now Rohit actually can fly,” Agrakar said on the Star Sports.
Momentum is building over the 2022 and 15th Indian Premier League competition. Two new teams — Ahmedabad and Lucknow — have joined to expand the tournament to 10 teams, enlarging the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s coffers by a staggering $1.7 billion.
England coach Eddie Jones labelling Scotland "red-hot favourites" for the old rivals' Six Nations opener at Murrayfield on Saturday may be a familiar ploy, but he might have a point.
The Indian men's hockey team left for Johannesburg on Friday for its FIH Pro League showdowns against South Africa and France from February 8 to 13 with senior forward Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and mid-fielder Jaskaran Singh ruled out at the last minute due to "illness". The Manpreet Singh-led squad will arrive in Johannesburg via Doha. They will play France in the first match on February 8 and take on South Africa on February 9. They will again play France on February 12 and hosts South Africa on the following day.
India's new white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma starts his full-time ODI tenure on Sunday as his team play the West Indies in their 1 000th one-day international, the first side ever to reach the milestone.