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| Steve Smith and David Warner Banned from IPL 2018
Here are some match facts after South Africa vs Australia Test.
Biggest wins in Test cricket (by runs):
675 Eng v Aus, Brisbane, 1928 - Bradman's debut Test 562 Aus v Eng, Oval, 1934 530 Aus v SA, MCG, 1911 492 SA v Aus, Joburg, 2018 491 Aus v Pak, Perth, 2004 South Africa's series win vs Australia at home: 3-1 (5) in 1966/67 4-0 (4) in 1969/70 3-1 (4) in 2017/18 Winning 3-1 after being 0-1 down in a series WI v Eng, 1950 Eng v SA, 1951 Eng v Aus, 1954/55 Aus v WI, 1968/69 Eng v Aus, 1981 Eng v WI, 2000 Eng v Ind, 2014 SA v Aus, 2017/18 Faf du Plessis is the first SA captain to win a series against Australia both home & away Won 2-1 in Aus, 2016/17 Won 3-1 in SA, 2017/18 Captains beating Australia both home & away in the post-war era L Hutton M Brearley C Lloyd V Richards J Coney A Strauss F du Plessis
This was some of the updates from the Test Series from South Africa.
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| Steve Smith and David warner during IPL
Steve Smith and David Warner have been handed one-year bans for their role in the ball tampering saga that unfurled during the Newlands Test, Cricket Australia confirmed on Wednesday (March 28) 2018. Cameron Bancroft, meanwhile, has been banned for nine months.
All three Player involved in ball tampering saga in South Africa in the 3rd Test Match have been banned from international and state cricket, but can play grade level cricket in Australia. In the wake of CA's decision, the BCCI too, took the call of Banning Steve Smith and David Warner from the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League.
Smith, Warner, and Bancroft were found to have breached Cricket Australia Code of Conduct 2.3.5 which translates to 'conduct at any time that is contrary to the spirit of the game, unbecoming of a representative, harmful to the interests of the game, or bringing the game into disrepute'.
David Warner also gets an additional ban, that he will never lead or captain the Australia side in the future after his return from the one year ban from Cricket Australia.
CA also confirmed that Bancroft and Smith will not be considered as captain for 12 months after the end of the ban, while Warner will not be considered as a captain in the future. The players can, however, challenge the sanctions levied against them. In addition, all three players will be required to undertake 100 hours of voluntary service in community cricket.
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| Parvinder Awana with his wife Sub Inspector Sangeeta Kasana |
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| Virat Kohli hits 35th ODI Century
India won the match and also won the series against South Africa for the first time in the South African Soil. India have won the Bilateral ODI Series by 5-1 of the 6 match Series. The momentum trophy has been won by India. Virat kohli became the star of the series after hitting 3 centuries in the 6 match odi series.
Virat kohli has been named the Man of the match(5th Odi) and Man of the Series.
In an post match Interview Virat mention his wife Anushka Sharma, he said - My wife who keeps me motivated deserves a lot of credit. She's been criticized a lot in the past. But she's one person who's kept me going throughout the tour.
I got 8-9 years left in my career. I want to make the most of it. Want to train as hard as I can. It's a blessing from God that I'm healthy. I'm getting to play for my country. I get to captain my country. It's an honour. I just look at it that way. I just keep my head down so I can give 120% for the team.
Virat Kohli in this series:
6 innings
558 Runs
186 Average
160* best score
3 Centuries
DID YOU KNOW?
It's just 47 days into 2018 and Virat Kohli has crossed 500 runs - the earliest an Indian batsman went past 500 in a calendar year.
PRE: 69 days by Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 (on 10 March)
Stats -
Most 100s as ODI captains:
22 R Ponting (220 inngs) *13 AB de Villiers (98)/ Virat Kohli (46) 11 S Ganguly (143) 10 S Jayasuriya (118) Most runs in a bilateral series in SA: *558 V KOHLI v SA, 2018 (6 inngs) 454 K Pietersen v SA, 2005 (6) 413 H Amla v WI, 2015 (4) 410 F du Plessis v SL, 2017 (5) Most runs in a bilateral series: *558 Virat Kohli v SA, 2018 (6) 491 Rohit Sharma v Aus, 2013 (6) 478 G Bailey v Ind, 2013 (6) 467 H Masakadza v Ken, 2009 (5) Three 100s in a series for India: Sourav Ganguly in SA, World Cup 2003 VVS Laxman in Australia, VB series 2004 Virat Kohli in SA, 2018 (The only man to do so in a bilateral series) Most wkts in a bilateral series: 18 J Srinath v NZ, 2002/03 (7) 18 A Mishra v Zim, 2013 (5) 17 P Patterson v India, 1987 (6) 17 C Matthews v Australia, 1994 (7) 17 Kuldeep Yadav v SA, 2018 (6)* |
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| Virat Kohli after hitting his 21st Test Century at Centurion |
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| Faf du Plessis kissing Kagiso Rabada Forehead after the wicket of Hardik Pandya in the 1st test at Cape Town
The First Test Match between India and South Africa at Cape Town, The Incident happens after the Wicket of Hardik Pandya who was playing brilliantly in the first innings and has scored a match-saving counter-attacking innings of 93 Runs off 95 Balls then Rabada took the wicket of Hardik Pandya and the South African team went celebrating the wicket of Pandya. South African Skipper comes to Rabada and kisses his forehead for taking that wicket and thus the pictures of du Plessis kissing Rabada went viral on Social Media Sites.
The Photo of Faf du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada went viral on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Whatsapp.
The story still continues after the press conference the two were seen together.
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| Faf du Plessis looking at Rabada
This photo of du Plessis and Rabada went viral too on Social Media.
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| South African player celebrating after winning the 1st Test vs India in Cape Town
India the No 1 Rank Team in Test Cricket in the World just got beaten by South Africa at their Home. While India is playing overseas against the top 6 Rank Team after a while, And South African has shown them why they are the dangerous team in the world right now. With the four great pacers playing the game for South Africa like Styen, Morkel, Philander, and Rabada.
Vernon Philander produced an outstanding piece of seam bowling - his career-best figures of 6 for 42 - giving South Africa a 72-run win and the 1-0 series lead.
Indian team batting was collapsed and the bowling attack of Indian Cricket Team in South Africa was outstanding compared to the batting, so the hope in this series for Indians is still Alive.
India is Currently the No 1 Rank Team in Test Cricket Right now but the Records in the overseas Test of Indian Cricket is not that much good Since 2011
India in Tests outside Asia since Jan 2011 (excluding West Indies):
D.L.L.L.L.L.L.L.L.D.L.L.D.D.W.L.L.L.L.L.D.D.L Played :23 Won:1 Loss:16 Draw:6
India has to win the 2nd Test to be alive in the game to win this series.
Kohli, losing captain: If we had taken our chances in the first innings, even after them counter-attacking, we could have kept them to 220 which would have been ideal. We're not a team which thinks of what-ifs though. Losing wickets in bunches is something we have to plug in. We were pretty much in the Test match on all days. We were thinking 250-275 (the target) if they play well. To restrict them to 210 was an outstanding effort. We needed someone to get a 75-80. Credit to them, they were a bowler short and still bowled their heart out. We need to rectify our mistakes also. Mini collapses in both innings is something we have to think about, how to string in partnerships.
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