ICC World Test Championships: India will host England for a five-match Test series beginning 25 January in Hyderabad. The rest of the matches will be held not in metros, but in Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi, and Dharamsala.
While the Indian batters found it difficult to get boundaries, the target might not be all that bad as average score of teams batting first in Youth ODIs (U-19 ODI) at this ground is 201, and the highest successful chase is 243.
Zaka had been heading the CMC since July and the government gave it an extension in November until February 4, but on Friday, Zaka submitted his resignation.
India equalled Afghanistan's score of 16 in the first super over to stretch the match, but the visitors could not chase down a target of 12 in the second super over as Rohit Sharma's side picked the required two wickets through Ravi Bishnoi.
Rohit struck an unbeaten 69-ball 121 while Rinku Singh made 69 off 39 deliveries, powering India after they were reeling at 22 for four in the fifth over.
Opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal rose to the sixth spot in the latest ICC men's T20I player rankings
India has defeated Afghanistan in the second super over. Chasing a target of 12 runs, the Afghan batters lost two wickets -- the maximum allowed in super overs -- at a score of only 1.
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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were away from the format since the semifinal loss to England in the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
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Australia first restricted India to 130 for 8 and then overhauled the target in 19 overs.
Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's last T20I for India was the World Cup semi-final loss against England in Adelaide in November 2022.
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At 642 balls (107 overs) over two days, the game at Newlands, Cape Town between South Africa and India on Thursday was the shortest-ever Test match in cricketing history, and India became the first Asian side to register a victory there. However, it was far from being the lowest scoring in history.
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Australia's impressive effort to take an unassailable 2-0 lead over Pakistan at home in the on-going three-match series has helped them move up in the rankings.
India beat South Africa by seven wickets in a match that lasted only 106.2 overs, beating an 92-year-record when Australia took a total of just over 109 overs to beat the Proteas at MCG back in 1932.
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"When you come to this part of the world, it's always difficult but we take pride in our performance outside of India. South Africa always challenge us and for us to come out here and win, we can take pride in this performance," Rohit said at the post-match presentation.
Visiting India thus completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs.
The modification has come into effect on December 12, 2023 and accordingly if a team wants to refer to caught-behind in the process of a stumping, it will now have to exercise a DRS option for the caught-behind appeal separately.
