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  Graeme Smith talks about India's contribution in helping South Africa grow as cricketing nation

  Cricket | November 19, 2025 17:25 IST

  SA20 India Day in Mumbai highlighted the league’s growing ties with India, with Commissioner Graeme Smith outlining SA20’s rapid rise, strong fan engagement and talent growth while emphasising its vision, branding and parallels with the early years of the IPL.

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  'Will continue to work with BCCI on this': Graeme Smith on having more Indian players in SA20

  Cricket | November 17, 2025 22:53 IST

  Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik became the first and only Indian player earlier this year to feature so far in the SA20, South Africa's own homegrown T20 tournament. Graeme Smith, the league commissioner, acknowledged that he would love to see more Indian players in the competition.

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  Graeme Smith wants more Indian players in SA20, speaks of working closely with BCCI

  Cricket | November 14, 2025 1:26 IST

  SA20 commissioner Graeme Smith hopes to include more Indian players in future editions of the league, while confirming that the 2025–26 season will run from December 26 to January 25, replacing South Africa’s traditional Boxing Day Test window.

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  Graeme Smith, Faf du Plessis offer key advice to South Africa players ahead of India tour

  Cricket | November 12, 2025 22:04 IST

  Former South Africa captains Graeme Smith and Faf du Plessis have urged the Proteas batters to start strong in the upcoming Test series against India, stressing that early momentum and top-order stability will be key to competing in challenging subcontinent conditions.

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  Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Graeme Smith - Statistical comparison after 26 Tests

  Sports | October 15, 2025 14:04 IST

  Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a terrific start to his Test career, having scored nearly 2,500 runs after playing 26 Tests. As Jaiswal goes forward in his career, his stats and numbers are mirroring another southpaw, the legendary South African, Graeme Smith. Take a look-

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  'We want to be the biggest league outside IPL': Graeme Smith says for SA20, remains unfazed from BBL

  Cricket | August 18, 2025 22:04 IST

  The SA20 is gearing up for its fourth season with the auction on September 9. The tournament will kick off on December 26 as South African fans wait in anticipation. Meanwhile, SA20's commissioner, Graeme Smith, wants the league to become the second biggest outside the IPL.

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  Cricketers who played despite being injured

  Sports | July 25, 2025 12:37 IST

  With Rishabh Pant coming out to bat with a broken toe against England in the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, let us have a look at five such instances of cricketers continuing to play despite being injured in games.

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  Graeme Smith feels South Africa will end ICC Trophy wait with Champions Trophy, WTC Final in line

  Cricket | February 11, 2025 19:19 IST

  South Africa will face Australia in the final of the World Test Championship in June and are also gearing up for the Champions Trophy 2025. Former Proteas skipper Graeme Smith feels South Africa will end their ICC Trophy drought this year.

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  Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith cleared of racism allegations

  Cricket | April 25, 2022 11:50 IST

  Former Cricket South Africa (CSA) Director of Cricket and captain Graeme Smith has been cleared of racism allegations against him following the outcome of the board's Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) commission's report.  

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  Ashes 2021-2022: Joe Root surpasses Graeme Smith's record of Test runs in a calendar year

  Cricket | December 26, 2021 18:03 IST

  Root, with 1,680 runs, moved ahead of Smith, who had scored 1,656 runs as the captain of the Proteas in 2008.

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  Our players felt secure in IPL's bio-bubble: CSA Director of Cricket Graeme Smith

  Cricket | May 07, 2021 10:27 IST

  The 11 South Africans, who participated in the league, have already left for Johannesburg.

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  It is in players' hands to make a choice: Graeme Smith on South Africans willing to exit IPL 2021

  Cricket | May 04, 2021 0:06 IST

  A COVID-19 outbreak left the star-sprinkled IPL on tenterhooks as Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for the dreaded virus, forcing postponement of their game against Royal

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  Graeme Smith hoping for limited crowd to return during Australia's Test tour of South Africa

  Cricket | November 23, 2020 10:38 IST

  CSA is yet to finalise the full schedule of Australia's Test tour scheduled for February-March next year but Smith said the Newlands, where the sandpapergate scandal took place in 2018, will definitely host a match.

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  Allegations extremely hurtful, was never in charge of team selections: Graeme Smith tells Tsolekile

  Cricket | August 13, 2020 23:30 IST

  Tsolekile, who was banned for 12 years after being implicated for fixing matches in 2015, criticised Smith for not backing him enough during their time as international cricketers and alleged that CSA was trying to protect other wrongdoers.

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  Internal agendas within Cricket South Africa a "cancer": Graeme Smith

  Cricket | August 02, 2020 12:41 IST

  Smith hinted that actions of a few people at senior positions have brought disrepute to the organisation and said media "leaks" have contributed to the current internal problems.

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  South Africa's tour of Windies postponed indefinitely with IPL 2020 fitted in, says Graeme Smith

  Cricket | August 01, 2020 19:21 IST

  The series was initially set to be held in the Caribbean Islands between July 23 and August 16 and would have involved two Tests and five T20Is.

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  'Proud to support this movement': Graeme Smith, cricketers to take the knee ahead of 3TCricket match

  Cricket | July 18, 2020 11:08 IST

  The players and staff will take the knee in support of the Black lives Matter movement.

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  Sangakkara, Smith pick Ganguly as best Indian Test captain, Dhoni for white-ball formats

  Cricket | July 14, 2020 17:35 IST

  Smith and Sangakkara picked Ganguly over Dhoni when it comes to Test cricket but both agreed that Dhoni is the man in white-ball formats.

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  It showed how much India winning meant to him: Graeme Smith on Sourav Ganguly's Lord's celebration

  Cricket | July 13, 2020 10:50 IST

  Graeme Smith heaped praise on Ganguly and revealed what it was like to poke the former India captain.

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  Doubt you'll find anyone who didn't get along with MS Dhoni, says Graeme Smith

  Cricket | July 12, 2020 16:28 IST

  Former India captains Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly celebrated their birthdays earlier this week. Smith also spoke about BCCI President Ganguly.