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After the 5-1 defeat in the ODIs, the hosts will be led by JP Duminy in the T20Is while Suresh Raina may feature in India' XI

Earlier in the one-day series, the India captain batted according to the match situation, did just what his team needed. Now, with the result of the game holding little value, he had the licence to let himself go, and boy did he put on a show

A 106-run stand between India's openers handed South Africa a nine-wicket drubbing in East London

Shardul Thakur dominated with the ball, Virat Kohli with the bat and India cruised to an eight-wicket win in Centurion, taking the six-match series 5-1

The ranking surge capped off a memorable week for the Australia allrounder, coming on the back of her second Belinda Clark award for Australia's women's cricketer of the year

He says the upcoming T20Is against South Africa will be a vital series for him and also talks about failing the yo-yo test which he cleared recently to make a comeback

The India seamer, who became available when he went unsold in the IPL auction, should be available for five County Championship fixtures and eight Royal London One-Day Cup matches

The game will be a chance to rest players like Jasprit Bumrah and Kagiso Rabada although South Africa should be more desperate for a face-saving win than India's quest for 5-1

The tournament will retain its usual 4pm and 8pm starts, with double-headers restricted only to weekends

The 36-year-old batsman has said he is still enjoying his cricket, and that he is still driven by the desire to play for India

South Africa have moved down a spot, to No. 2, after losing the ongoing ODI series against India

The opener made an unbeaten 54 while the offspinner took 2 for 23 to consign South Africa to a seven-wicket loss

India have won their first bilateral series in South Africa across any format bar a one-off T20, with victory in the fifth ODI in Port Elizabeth

The former Australian legspinner will be joined by another old Royals hand Zubin Bharucha, who has taken over as head of cricket

Usually, the eliminator and the second qualifier are held at the home venue of the runner-up in the previous season. But with Rising Pune Supergiant no longer part of the IPL, other venues are lobbying to host the play-offs

The hosts need another win to keep the series alive. Both teams might also want to keep an eye on the weather, with showers forecast for the afternoon in Port Elizabeth

MS Dhoni's assurance that Ravindra Jadeja will be provided greater batting opportunities at Chennai Super Kings has led to the allrounder focusing more on his middle-order batting

While Laura Wolvaardt and Mignon du Preez played protagonists in South Africa's first win in the three-match series, captain Dane van Niekerk's cameo and India's sloppy fielding aided the hosts' seven-wicket triumph

Hrishikesh Kanitkar has said he was aware of Vijay's injury that kept him out of the Vijay Hazare fixture on Thursday. Meanwhile, captain Vijay Shankar and R Ashwin are set to miss the next game

South Africa had to win Saturday's game to keep the series alive, and they did so in emphatic style, hitting Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal for 119 runs in 11.3 overs