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STELLENBOSCH, South Africa : Coach Hugo Broos will call on the experience of lifting the Africa Cup of Nations trophy with Cameroon in 2017 when he takes South Africa to this year’s finals but admits there is no blueprint for success at the "intense" continental championship.
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma made a long-awaited return to the Indian T20I cricket team as he was named in the series against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were the two big names who made a comeback into the format. Both players did not play a single T20I after the 2022 T20 World Cup. However, with both being included, speculation is rife that they are very much in the scheme of things for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical team continues to wait for the likes of Mohammed Shami and Suryakumar Yadav to regain full fitness. The duo is likely to remain out for a longer period, with Shami likely to miss the first two Tests against England while Suryakumar's return is not expected until the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. The BCCI announced India's squad for the 3-match T20I series against Afghanistan on Sunday but the team for the Test series against England is yet to be named.
Proteas wicketkeeper batter Heinrich Klaasen has today announced his retirement from Test cricket. The 32-year-old steps away from the red-ball format after featuring in four matches for South Africa between 2019 and 2023. He made his Test debut in India and went on to represent the country in Australia and twice played against the West Indies last summer. He also played 85 first-class matches where he amassed 5347 runs at an average of 46.09, including 12 hundreds and a career-best of 292 for the Momentum Multiply Titans in the CSA 4-Day Series.
South Africa wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen has retired from red ball cricket despite the country’s test coach Shukri Conrad suggesting he would form part of his plans in 2024.
Legendary all-rounder AB de Villiers is annoyed that India and South Africa played only a couple of Test matches in the just concluded series and blamed proliferation of T20 leagues across the world for the situation. De Villiers said "something has to change" if the best team in the world is to be identified, advocating longer series. South Africa and India shared the honours with the hosts winning the opening Test in Centurion and the visitors emerging victorious in Cape Town.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday backed stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to feature in India's squad for the T20I World Cup in June. The duo, who have not featured in any T20I for about 14 months, have made themselves available for the sport's shortest format, and it remains to be seen if they are picked for the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, beginning January 11 in Mohali. "Of course Rohit should captain the team in the T20I World Cup. Virat Kohli also should be there. Virat Kohli is an outstanding player, nothing will happen (to return after 14 months)," Ganguly added.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) finally ended the waiting game and announced India's squad for the 3-mach T20I series against Afghanistan. Seeing the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Sanju Samson in the squad, several fans were understandably elated but there were those too who were left to question the absence of wicket-keeper batter KL Rahul. The Karnataka lad couldn't find a place in the team as an opener or a middle-order batter, a position he has made his own in ODIs and Tests, as the selection committee preferred other options.