India vs South Africa: This series is not just about my duel with AB de Villiers, says Virat Kohli
Cricket | December 30, 2017 21:48 ISTKohli also reminded that merely getting De Villiers out won't ensure a Test match victory for India.
Kohli also reminded that merely getting De Villiers out won't ensure a Test match victory for India.
It became an issue at the MCG on Friday after the umpires, Sundaram Ravi and Kumar Dharmasena, spoke to England captain Joe Root and Jimmy Anderson, and Australian television repeatedly showed footage of Anderson cleaning the seam on the ball.
Rahane also reiterated about Ravi Shastri's contribution in bringing the team together along with skipper Virat Kohli.
South African captain du Plessis was ruled out of the inaugural day-night Test against Zimbabwe after his recovery from shoulder and back injuries was further delayed by a viral infection.
The 24-year old pacer has recently been rewarded for his consistent performances in international cricket with a Test call-up for the upcoming series against South Africa which starts on January 5 in Cape Town.
Steve Smith's men followed up their convincing victories in the first two Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide by winning the third by an even more emphatic margin of an innings and 41 runs to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Earlier, Dawid Malan (140) and Jonny Bairstow (119) posted centuries after England resumed day 2 on 305/4 and produced the most productive partnership of the series for the tourists before another late collapse.
After electing to bat first, England was in some bother at 131/4, but Malan scored a gritty hundred and Bairstow played a crucial hand (75 not out) to lift the sagging fortunes of the visitors to finish day 1 on 305/4.
Cricket Australia Chief Sutherland said the board has full confidence in its players and team officials and others involved in the game that they would not commit any corruption in a game as they understand the risks of doing that.
Brathwaite has been fined 40 percent of his match fee, while his players have received 20 percent fines.
BCCI CEO Rahul Johri said he was looking forward to the historic clash, which will take place in the 2018-19 season, and further details of the match would be announced soon.
Boult took 2-52 as New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 203 after setting the tourists a target of 444 for victory.
Rashid Khan and Mohammed Nabi also became the first two Afghanistan cricketers to be bought at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction earlier this year.
West Indies will have to beat their world record for the highest winning fourth innings score in Test cricket — currently 418 against Australia in 2003 — were 30/2 at stumps on day 3 against the hosts.
A quickfire last-wicket partnership of 61 in 41 minutes between Southee and Boult strengthened New Zealand's overnight position.
After the Delhi Test between India and Sri Lanka, there could be a slight alteration in the clauses of the Playing Conditions in ICC guidelines, where the health hazard of players related to severe air pollution can be incorporated.
The initiative in the match passed from one team to the other until Gabriel made his mark with the second new ball to leave New Zealand 286/7 at stumps after it had lost the toss and been asked to bat.
Chasing an improbable 410, a defiant Sri Lanka rode on Dhananjaya de Silva's third Test century and debutant Roshen Silva's unbeaten half-century to score 299/5, before both the captains decided to settle for the draw.
De Silva battled severe muscle stiffness before retiring hurt on 119, whereas debutant Silva (74*) and Dickwella (44*) displayed enormous determination during the final day.
Dhananjaya de Silva's fighting hundred, Roshen Silva's maiden fifty helped visitors secure a comfortable draw against India in the third and final Test at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
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