DTVHINDIDisappointing news came out from South African cricket, three former players arrested as accused in match fixing scam.
All three of these former players were implicated in the match-fixing scandal in the T20 Ram Slam Challenge 2015/16. Thami Tsolekile, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, and Ethy Mbhalati (Pic Source-X) Three former South African cricketers, Thami Tsolekile, Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Athi Mbhalati, were arrested as accused in the match-fixing scandal in October 2016. The three players have been arrested for their involvement in the scam on November 18, 28 and 29 respectively. All three of these former players were implicated in the match-fixing scandal in the T20 Ram Slam Challenge 2015/16. His arrest was made after investigation by the Serious Corruption Investigation Unit of DPCI. Apart from this, the first investigation started when Cricket South Africa’s anti-corruption unit received reports of some suspicious activities regarding former player Ghulam Bodi in 2016. After investigation, it was revealed that Bodi had talked to several players at three places to fix the result of the T20 match. According to InsideSports, Colonel Mogale said, ‘Both Tsolekile and Tsotsobe were charged with five counts of corruption under Section 15 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 2004 (PRECCA). Both of them appeared in the Proteus Specialized Commercial Crime Court today i.e. on 29 November 2024 where their case has been adjourned till 26 February 2025 for disclosure. Let us tell you that out of the three accused, only Lonwabo Tsotsobe has participated for South Africa at the international level while the other two players have participated only in domestic cricket. South Africa team is currently playing a test series against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that South Africa team is currently playing a two-match test series against Sri Lanka. The first test match between these two teams is currently being played in Durban. The South African team is in a very strong position till the end of the third day’s play. Batting first, he scored 191 runs after losing all the wickets in his first innings, in response to which the Sri Lankan team was all out for 42 runs. South Africa declared its second innings at 366 runs for 5 wickets. By the end of the third day’s play, Sri Lanka had lost five wickets for 103 runs in their second innings and needed 413 more runs. Most expensive uncapped players sold in IPL 2025 auction- These 7 players will earn big money in IPL 2025- Players who got out most number of times in 90s in international cricket- List of batsmen who have scored most Test centuries away from home- IPL: Bowlers taking most wickets in powerplay since 2018 IPL 2025: Know the names of the captains of all 10 franchises- IPL 2025: Most expensive Indian players sold in the auction IPL 2025: Top 5 big players who remained unsold in the auction Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL history The bowler who bowled the most dot balls in IPL history-
SA vs SL: South Africa got a shock in the first test in Durban, this player was out of the match
The first test match is being played between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban. Wiaan Mulder (Image Credit- Twitter X) Sri Lanka cricket team is currently on South Africa tour for a two-match test series. So the first match of this series is being played between the two teams from December 27, 2024 at the Kingsmead ground in Durban. So bowling all-rounder Wiaan Mulder, who got injured during this match, is out of the entire series. So, as a replacement for Mulder, Cricket South Africa has included Matthew Breetzke in the team. Let us tell you that in this match, he suffered a finger injury while batting during South Africa’s first innings. This injury of the 26-year-old player was so serious that he had to be ruled out of the entire series. Due to this injury he cannot participate in almost any kind of cricket for a month. Wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Breetzke has been named as his replacement for the second Test.#Tests #SAvsSL pic.twitter.com/1YuX4zJmyC — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 29, 2024 South Africa vs Sri Lanka, status of first test match So if we tell you the condition of this match, the third day of play in the first test match has ended today on 29th November. At the end of the second day, South Africa has scored 225 runs at the loss of three wickets in the second innings after 69.3 overs. At present, Tristan Stubbs is present at the crease with 64* and Temba Bavuma scoring 62* runs. Host South Africa has a strong lead of 374 runs over Sri Lanka. Earlier in the match, Sri Lanka’s first innings was reduced to just 42 runs due to the amazing bowling of South Africa. Let us tell you that this was also the lowest score of Sri Lanka in the history of Test cricket. For Sri Lanka, only Kamindu Mendis 13 and Lahiru Kumara 10* were able to reach double digit scores in the first innings. So excellent bowling was seen from South Africa. For South Africa, Marco Jansen took 7 wickets and Gerald Coetzee took 2 wickets. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada got 1 wicket.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Good news for LSG fans, this powerful South African batsman is ready to bat stormy in the upcoming season.
Lucknow Super Giants have included David Miller in their team for Rs 7.50 crore. David Miller (Photo Source: Getty Images) The mega auction of the Indian Premier League 2025 has started today i.e. from 24th November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In this auction, a big bid has also been placed on South Africa’s explosive batsman David Miller. Let us tell you that David Miller is one of the important players of South Africa and he is counted among the aggressive batsmen of the world. David Miller’s performance in international cricket has always been very good and he has batted brilliantly in the T20 format. David Miller was seen playing for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2024. This dashing player played 9 matches for the Gujarat team in 2024, in which he scored 210 runs at an average of 35 and a strike rate above 151. However, Gujarat Titans released him before the upcoming season. David Miller’s performance in the Indian Premier League has always been good and he has scored 2924 runs in 130 matches at an average of 36.55 and strike rate of 139.24. He has one century and 13 half-centuries to his name. Now David Miller will be seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants in the upcoming season. Lucknow Super Giants included David Miller in their team for Rs 7.50 crore. Lucknow Super Giants have included David Miller in their team for Rs 7.50 crore. This is a very good thing for Lucknow fans. Earlier, Lucknow franchise included Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in their team for Rs 27 crore. Lucknow Super Giants had retained Nicholas Pooran and now the franchise’s batting lineup has become even stronger with the arrival of David Miller. All these three players can be seen batting explosively in the upcoming season. David Miller himself will be happy that he will be seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants in the upcoming season. The bowler who bowled the most dot balls in IPL history- Batsman who has hit most Test sixes in a calendar year- Virat Kohli made this shameful record in his name in 2024 List of batsmen who scored most runs in IPL history- How many times has India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, know here- Which batsman has played the highest innings in BGT? These 8 star players will not play in IPL 2025 Indian players who have scored 50+ scores most times in Australia Batsmen who hit most sixes in T20Is in 2024- IPL 2025: PBKS will target these 5 players with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore
ICC T20I Ranking: Hardik Pandya becomes number one all-rounder, takes huge leap after South Africa series
Hardik Pandya’s performance in the T20 against South Africa was decent. Hardik Pandya (Photo Source: Insta) The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the latest rankings of T20 players on Wednesday. India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has got a huge boost in the rankings after the four-match T20 series against South Africa. Hardik has once again become the number-1 T20 all-rounder. He reached the top leaving behind England’s Liam Livingstone and Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Ari. Hardik currently has 244 rating points. England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has slipped to third position with 230 points. Nepal’s Deependra Airi (230) is at second position. Hardik had played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs in the second T20 against South Africa. He took two wickets in the series. India won that series 3-1. In this series, Hardik performed well with the ball, but he did not get that many opportunities in batting. Sanju Samson also got advantage in T20I ranking Surya has suffered a loss of one place in the latest ranking of batsmen. He is at fourth position with 788 marks. Babar is at fifth position with 742 points. Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has also benefited tremendously after the South Africa series. He has made a huge jump of 17 places and reached 22nd position. He scored centuries in the first and fourth matches against South Africa. There has also been a reshuffle in the ranking of T20 bowlers. Australian bowlers Adam Zampa (693) and Nathan Ellis (628) have come at third and 11th positions respectively. Australia recently whitewashed Pakistan in the three-match T20 series. India’s fast bowler Arshdeep Singh (656) has moved up three places to ninth position. On the basis of his performance against South Africa, he has achieved the new highest rating of his career.
South Africa announces team for upcoming test series against Sri Lanka, Temba Bavuma will take command
The Test series between South Africa and Sri Lanka will start with the first match from 27th November. South Africa (Image Credit- Twitter X) Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced a 14-member squad for the upcoming two-match home Test series against Sri Lanka. So there is a very good news for Proteas cricket fans in this team. Let us tell you that Temba Bavuma, who was out of the Bangladesh tour due to an elbow injury, has not only returned to the team, but he will also be seen captaining the team. Apart from Bavuma, fast bowlers Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee have also returned to the Test team after about 11 months. Also, let us tell you that this series is very important for South Africa to make it to the final of its first World Test Championship (WTC). If South Africa wins the upcoming two home Test series against Pakistan, including these two matches, then it will easily make it to the WTC final to be held at Lord’s next year. On the other hand, at the time of the team announcement, head coach Shukri Conrad was quoted by Cricket South Africa as saying – We have chosen the strongest side to ensure that we remain competitive and keep our hopes of making it to the World Test Championship final alive. Keep. After his recovery, it is great to have Temba leading the team again. His leadership and skills are invaluable to the team. I would also like to thank Aiden Markram for stepping up and captaining the team so successfully during the Bangladesh series. South African team for test series against Sri Lanka Temba Bavuma (captain), David Bedingham, Gerald Coetzee, Tony De Zorzi, Marco Janssen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Dane Patterson, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne. Full schedule of South Africa vs Sri Lanka test series 1st Test 27 November-1 December: Kingsmeader, Durban Second Test 5 December-9 December: St George’s Park, Gqeberha
‘The partnership between me and Bishnoi worked’, Varun Chakraborty on series win against South Africa
Indian team won the four-match series 3-1 Varun Chakravarthy (Photo Source: The South African T20I series has been great for Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty. He has been the highest wicket-taker in the four-match T20 series. And in the post match presentation after the match, he expressed his opinion about the challenges and his contribution during the series. He admitted that the pitch in the last two matches was not ideal for spinners. However, Chakraborty also said that India’s move to go with three spinners in the series was wonderful and it has worked. Apart from this, he also talked about his partnership with leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi. Varun Chakraborty said that the last two matches have been challenging due to small boundaries. Even if a few sixes are hit, one wrong shot can cost us a wicket. We went into the series with three spinners and it worked for us. He said that Bishnoi and I formed a partnership and it worked. The best approach was to stay away from the arc and I bowled some short balls, which really worked for me as well. Samson-Tilak’s record breaking innings Talking about the fourth T20 match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first and thanks to the record breaking innings of Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma, it made a huge score of 283 runs. Samson scored unbeaten 109 runs in 56 balls, while Tilak Verma scored unbeaten 120 runs in just 47 balls. In response, South Africa had a very bad start and the team was all out after scoring 148 runs in 18.2 overs. In this way, the Indian team won this match by 135 runs. With this, the visiting team won the four-match series 3-1.
Is Suryakumar Yadav’s T20I form a matter of concern? Aakash Chopra before the fourth T20 match against South Africa
The fourth T20 match between South Africa and India will be played today on 15 November at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Aakash Chopra and Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credit- Twitter The Indian cricket team is currently on South Africa tour, where the T20 series between the two teams is going on. So the last match of this series will be played today, Friday, 15 November, at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. However, before the start of this match, former Indian cricket team opener and well-known cricket commentator Akash Chopra has given a big statement regarding the form of Suryakumar Yadav. It is noteworthy that Surya’s performance this year has been full of ups and downs in the shortest format of the game. So in the last three matches played against South Africa, he has been able to score only 26 runs. Aakash Chopra gave a big statement Before the fourth T20 match to be held between South Africa and India in Johannesburg, through a video uploaded on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said – Is Suryakumar Yadav’s T20I form a matter of concern? Why are people asking this question, is this a problem? Let’s go over his numbers. In 2021, his average was 34 and strike rate was 155, he played only 11 innings. In the year 2022, Suryakumar Yadav scored 1164 runs at an average of 46 and strike rate of 187. In 2023, he scored 733 runs at an average of around 49 and there also his strike rate is 155. Surya played well. However, there have been 17 innings in 2024 in which he has scored only 429 runs. The strike rate is still above 150, but the average has become 26.8, he has definitely scored four half-centuries, but in terms of average, it is not like Surya of old. On the other hand, if we talk about this series, the Men in Blue have a 2-1 lead over the host team. It will be worth watching how captain Surya is going to perform in the last match of this series?
SA vs IND: Know why Avesh Khan is not playing in the third T20 match against South Africa?
In the match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. Avesh Khan (Image Credit- Twitter X) SA vs IND: The third match of the ongoing T20 series between South Africa and India (SA vs IND) is being played today, Wednesday, 13 November, at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. In the match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. The series is currently tied at 1-1, and whichever team wins this match will take the lead in the T20 series. This match is very important for both the teams. On the other hand, fast bowler Avesh Khan has not been played from Team India in this match. In such a situation, this question might be coming in the minds of many cricket fans that why are they not playing in this match? So let us answer your question: Avesh Khan is not playing because of this Let us tell you that the reason behind Avesh Khan not playing in the match is not the poor performance, but the T20 International debut of all-rounder Ramandeep Singh. In the important match, the Indian management has decided to play Ramandeep to strengthen the bowling along with batting. Because of this Avesh Khan is not playing in this match. If we give you information about Avesh Khan’s performance in the last match, he spent 23 runs in three overs and did not get any wicket. It will be interesting to see how Ramandeep is going to perform in his debut match. Also, let us tell you that Ramandeep is famous in the cricket world for his excellent catching and excellent fielding. Playing XI of both the teams for the match South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (capt), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (w), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Lutho Sipamla. India: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty.
Cricket South Africa announced the team for the white ball series against England, see which players got the place?
Also, the Test team will be announced in the middle of this tour. South Africa Women Cricket Team (Image Credit- Twitter Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the South Africa women’s squad for the upcoming White Cricket series against England. The home series matches will be played between 24 November and 11 December in different cities of South Africa such as East London, Benin, Tshwane, Kimberley, Durban and Potchefstroom. Apart from this, a test match between the two teams will be played between 15 and 18 December at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. With this match, the South African women’s team will be seen playing red ball cricket after a long time. The team last played a red ball game in 2002. Although CSA has announced the South Africa Women’s team for the limited overs series, the Test team will be announced midway through the series after seeing the performance of the players during this series. CSA has decided to rest experienced players Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka and wicketkeeper batsman Mieke de Ridder in the T20 series against England. Also, three players from South Africa, which recently won the Women’s T20 World Cup, have been selected in this team. Apart from this, Seshnie Naidu has been included in the team for the first time after the year 2021. South Africa women’s team for home ODI series against England Laura Bulfart (captain), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Britts, Nadine de Klerk, Anne Derksen, Mieke de Ridder, Lara Goodall, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Sune Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Chloe Tryon. South Africa women’s team for home T20 series against England Laura Bulfart (captain), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Britts, Nadine de Klerk, Annery Derksen, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Sune Luus, Elise Marie Marks, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nondumiso Shangase, Chloe Tryon, Faye Tunnicliffe.
SA vs IND: Basit Ali is unhappy with Hardik Pandya’s performance against South Africa, said this big thing while trolling
Hardik had played an inning of 39* runs in 45 balls against South Africa. Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second match of the ongoing T20 series between South Africa and India (SA vs IND) was played on Sunday, November 10. Let us tell you that former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali has been seen strongly criticizing the performance of all-rounder Hardik Pandya in this match. Basit says whether he has come here to prepare for Mumbai Indians. Let us tell you that when India’s score was 45/4 in the match, Hardik came to the crease to bat. However, Hardik, who was set at the crease after scoring 33 runs in 35 balls, could not give the finishing touch to Team India’s innings. Hardik did not take single runs on the last 10 balls played and during this he was able to score only 4 runs. In the match, he played an inning of 39 runs in 45 balls and India scored 124 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Which was later easily achieved by South Africa with 3 wickets in hand. Basit Ali criticized Hardik Pandya’s performance After the second T20 match between South Africa vs India, Basit Ali said through a video uploaded on his YouTube channel – Pandya remained unbeaten, he played for himself, why did he play for himself? I think he is preparing for Mumbai Indians and IPL. The way he was playing presented a very sad picture. He was not even taking a single, whereas Arshdeep (Singh) had hit a six. Basit further said – India had not fallen for 9 wickets, that it was refusing to take singles. Only six wickets had fallen. He should have taken a single, but he is a big player and is India’s favourite. Akshar (Patel) batted better than him, who unfortunately got run out after scoring 27 runs in 21 balls.
