Farhaan Behardien

Johan Botha will lead the South Africa for the one-off T20I against India with limited-overs skipper AB de Villiers and vice-captain Hashim Amla being rested.

South African white-ball specialist and former T20I skipper Farhaan Behardien announced his retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday. The 39-year-old, who played 59 ODIs and 38 T20Is and captained the Proteas in a three-match T20 series against Sri Lankan in 2017, took to social media to announce his decision to retire.

It was indeed a very good move to see de Villiers coming out with Hashim Amla to open the innings in Dharamshala and the visitors are going to continue with that.

In a fiery monologue laced with a four-letter word, Preity repeatedly threatened to sack Bangar in the presence of the team he is supposed to lead.

The bizhub Highveld Lions, thanks to a scintillating 115 off just 83 balls from Quinton de Kock, romped home by seven wickets with 13.1 overs to spare, as they hunted down the Nashua Titans' total of 255 all out.

South Africa's Farhaan Behardien reckons that the batsmen will have to be smart with shot-selection since big hits won't be easy to execute at the bigger Newlands in the series-deciding third Twenty20, here on Saturday.

Experienced opener Imraan Khan struck a measured century to spearhead the Sunfoil Dolphins to their second Momentum One-Day Cup win of the season as they overcame the Nashua Titans by four wickets at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, in Durban, on Friday.

India beat South Africa by 28 runs. Check live cricket score, cricket scorecard & ball by ball commentary of India vs South Africa 1st T20I on Times of India

The Nashua Titans just about hung on to defeat a plucky Chevrolet Knights side by five runs in a thrilling Momentum One-Day Cup clash at the De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, on Wednesday.

In a massive blow to South Africa, skipper Faf du Plessis was on Friday ruled out of the ongoing One-Day International series and the upcoming Twenty20 International series against India due to a finger injury.

Sudeep Tyagi's brilliant six-wicket haul went in vain as India slumped to a 10-run defeat against their South African counterparts in their first 50-over match of the Emerging Players Tournament on Tuesday.

On a day when India's Rohit Sharma produced one of the most breathtaking innings of his career, JP Duminy had the last laugh with an unbeaten 34-ball 68.

Along with Imran Tahir and Dane Piedt, Simon Harmer is the third spinner in the Test squad while Khaya Zondo is the lone new face in the T20 squad.

AB de Villiers whirlwind 73-ball 104-run unbeaten knock and Faf du Plessis’ 77-ball 62-run knock helped South Africa post 303 for the loss five wickets.

Can South Africa, once again boasting a star-studded batting lineup, finally shed their ‘chokers’ tag at ICC events?

Star batsman AB de Villiers returned to South Africa's squad for the remaining three one-day internationals against India, giving a boost to the beleaguered hosts who have lost all their matches so far.

South Africa clinched the Twenty20 series with a comfortable six-wicket win over a lacklustre India in the second match, which was marred by unruly crowd behaviour.

Hashim Amla scored an unbeaten fifty to guide South Africa to a win in their final match of the ICC World T20 against Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Monday.

Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer delivered when it mattered most as India A outplayed South Africa A by seven wickets to retain the tri-series trophy they won four years ago.