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Rohit Sharma in race against time for GT vs MI IPL 2026 clash as hamstring injury lingers | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma in race against time for GT vs MI IPL 2026 clash as hamstring injury lingers | Cricket News

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2 min readMumbaiApr 20, 2026 03:11 PM IST Rohit Sharma availability for the IPL 2026 game against Gujarat Titans hangs in the balance as he continues to recover from the hamstring injury that he sustained in the match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The Indian Express understands that the 38-year-old will be travelling to Narendra Modi Stadium much early with the team to assess his fitness. Any hamstring scare takes a player minimum eight days to recover fully and the chances of him playing today remain bleak. Rohit had limped off after experiencing discomfort in his hamstring in last Sunday’s match against RCB. He went to miss next game against Punjab Kings at Wankhede Stadium. He was batting on 19 during RCB last week when he suffered a pain and began to limp which resulted him going back in dugout. Rohit seemed to be fine for much of the game and fielded for the entirety of the RCB innings. The 38-year-old started limping while running a leg bye off the fourth ball of the fifth over. …

ICC says final batch of West Indies and South Africa players has flown out of India after ‘complex operation’ | Cricket News

ICC says final batch of West Indies and South Africa players has flown out of India after ‘complex operation’ | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 12, 2026 02:37 PM IST The last group of players of the West Indies and the South Africa T20 World Cup teams, who were stuck in India due to the Israel-USA’s war with Iran, have flown out of India safely, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced in a statement on Thursday. The ICC said that the platers were sent back home in a “complex operation” that “took place under exceptionally challenging global travel conditions.” After Israel and USA had attacked Iran, the Asian country had responded by attacking many of its neighbours which resulted in air traffic from transit hubs like Dubai being affected heavily. “Within the past 24 hours, South Africa’s remaining 29 members and the West Indies’ final 16 members have departed on flights to their respective homelands, bringing to a close a complex operation that has taken place under exceptionally challenging global travel conditions,” the ICC statement read. Members from both South Africa and West Indies had slammed the lack of communication and had taken to social media to …

ICC says final batch of West Indies and South Africa players has flown out of India after ‘complex operation’ | Cricket News

‘Strange how different teams have more pull than others’: South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, David Miller slam ICC | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 8, 2026 11:52 AM IST South Africa cricketers Quinton de Kock and David Miller have lashed out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) for England leaving India before the Proteas or the West Indies despite being eliminated later from the T20 World Cup. The Iran War has complicated international travel with the global transit hub of Dubai being affected by the war. De Kock and Miller were angered by the fact that England players and staff left for home on Saturday evening via a direct charter flight to London. This was just two days after their exit from the T20 World Cup at the hands of India in the semi-final. Meanwhile, South Africa and West Indies, who were eliminated from the T20 World Cup before England are still in India. “Funny @icc, we have heard nothing! Meanwhile, England are leaving before us somehow? @westindies and @proteasmencsa are just in the dark! Strange how different teams have more pull than others,” De Kock wrote in a Story on his Instagram account. Miller, meanwhile, …

‘After that day, we just forgot about it’: Quinton de Kock reveals aftermath of South Africa losing T20 World Cup 2024 final vs India | Cricket News

‘After that day, we just forgot about it’: Quinton de Kock reveals aftermath of South Africa losing T20 World Cup 2024 final vs India | Cricket News

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2 min readUpdated: Feb 21, 2026 08:48 PM IST In the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup against India, South Africa looked the favourites to lift their first world title even in the later stages of the match. But they ultimately fell short as India struck back late and clinched the trophy, ending their own long drought of ICC trophies. On Sunday, the two teams will face each other once again in the 2026 edition of the T20 World Cup and Proteas’ wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock reveals what went down in the camp after that heartbreaking loss in the final. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO “To be honest, after that day, we just forgot about it, in all honesty. I don’t think any of us really wanted to speak about it. Everyone went home and kind of went through their own process how to deal with it. We didn’t need to talk about it as a team. That’s pretty much it. We never really spoke about it. I think from there, I haven’t been around …

From Finn Allen to Quinton de Kock: Top overseas players to watch out at the T20 World Cup | Cricket News

From Finn Allen to Quinton de Kock: Top overseas players to watch out at the T20 World Cup | Cricket News

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As the season of T20 league festivities, primarily shouldered by the BBL and SA20, recently concluded, the attention turns to the ICC 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The BBL and SA20 saw quite some dazzling performances from a bunch of international stars. Here is the list of players you must watch out for ahead of the T20 World Cup, which is all set to commence from 7 February. The Kiwi opener made headlines with his standout performance in the BBL 2025-26 season. Finn Allen, playing for the Perth Scorchers, finished as the top run scorer of the tournament, scoring 466 runs and striking at an impressive 184.19. Allen clobbered 38 sixes, the most by any batter throughout the season. Allen’s best performance came against the Melbourne Renegades, wherein he scored a fiery 101 (53), a testament to his aggressive approach of striking from ball one. Allen displayed his hitting prowess in the final too, scoring a brisk 36 (22), playing a vital role in securing the Scorchers’ sixth title …

Quinton de Kock, Jonny Bairstow sparkle as Sunrisers Eastern Cape drub Pretoria Capitals by ten wickets

Quinton de Kock, Jonny Bairstow sparkle as Sunrisers Eastern Cape drub Pretoria Capitals by ten wickets

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Quinton de Kock and Jonny Bairstow made thundering unbeaten fifties as Sunrisers Eastern Cape drubbed Pretoria Capitals in a SA20 match. Sunrisers Eastern Cape drubbed Pretoria Capitals in a SA20 match(Screengrab – JioHotstar) The Capitals posted a healthy 176 for seven in 20 overs but Sunrisers strolled past the target in 14.2 overs as Bairstow (85 not out, 45 balls) and De Kock (79 not out, 41 balls) steamrolled the Capitals’ bowling attack here on Monday. Their highest ever chase, 177 for no loss, in the SA20, helped Sunrisers return to top of the table with 17 points. Player-of-the-match, De Kock started the chase with a flurry of boundaries in the Power Play, striking the ball sweetly over the cover region for a couple of sixes off Lungi Ngidi. The left-hander later dished out similar treatment to pacer Lizaad Williams as the Sunrisers took control. Bairstow was initially content to watch De Kock take on the Capitals’ bowlers, but he soon switched gears when Capitals spinner Keshav Maharaj brought himself on in search of the …

IND vs SA: Quinton de Kock dismantles Indian bowling combination with silent savagery | Cricket News

IND vs SA: Quinton de Kock dismantles Indian bowling combination with silent savagery | Cricket News

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It was the joint-second-longest over ever bowled in T20 international cricket. It came in the 11th over of a nondescript match in the middle of a series between the previous World Cup finalists that are preparing for the next edition. It would prove quite instructive for both teams ahead of the marquee tournament. After a less-than-impressive spell with the new ball, Arshdeep Singh was brought back into the bowling and immediately saw his full-ish ball, at pace, picked up by Quinton de Kock, fly behind him for six. Seemingly rattled, he then proceeded to bowl seven wides, each of them to de Kock and six of them trying to deny him connection, with the wide-of-off-stump line. Part of it was due to the dew, typical of gripping the white ball under the lights in the colder months in North India, and part of it was due to an onslaught from de Kock that left India’s bowlers scrambling. The returning wrecking ball of South Africa with his phlegmatic face betraying no emotion, had scored 70 of …

India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Finally, India win toss, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav restrict South Africa to 270 | Cricket News

India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: Finally, India win toss, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav restrict South Africa to 270 | Cricket News

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The fist pump from stand-in captain KL Rahul when the coin rolled in favour of India after 21 consecutive ODIs, showed how desperate they were for some toss luck. With dew leaving a huge imprint in the outcome of the previous two fixtures, where India had to bowl under lights, they had the opportunity to field first when conditions were best suited to bowl. And despite being a bowler short — Washington Sundar making way for Tilak Varma — Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav wrestled back the early initiative gained by South Africa to dismiss them for 270 in 47.5 overs. For a major part of their innings, South Africa appeared to take the same road India had taken in the first two ODIs at Ranchi and Raipur. It brought out wonderful match-ups and the gamble that the teams were willing to take in the decider. With Tony de Zorzi and Nander Burger ruled out, South Africa brought Ryan Rickelton at the top to combine with Quinton de Kock. It was the third different opening …

Quinton de Kock equals Kumar Sangakkara’s world records, Adam Gilchrist, MS Dhoni not even close

Quinton de Kock equals Kumar Sangakkara’s world records, Adam Gilchrist, MS Dhoni not even close

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South African wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock carved his name deeper into cricket’s record books with a magnificent century against India in the third ODI at Visakhapatnam, powering his way to several major milestones during a commanding innings. South Africa’s Quinton de Kock celebrates(AP) The left-hander, who had endured two quiet outings earlier in the series, roared back in style with a scintillating 106 off 89 balls, an innings laced with eight fours and six towering sixes. His aggressive knock, struck at a brisk strike rate of 119.10, not only revived South Africa’s innings but also elevated him among the greats in ODI history. De Kock’s century was his seventh in ODIs against India, drawing him level with Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya for the joint-most hundreds against the Men in Blue. Remarkably, while Jayasuriya needed 85 innings to reach the mark, de Kock has done it in just 23—an extraordinary display of consistency and domination against one of the strongest bowling attacks in world cricket. His tally of 1,191 ODI runs versus India now comes …

Quinton de Kock, on what brought him back: ‘I missed the camaraderie and the whole thing of representing the Proteas’ | Cricket News

Quinton de Kock, on what brought him back: ‘I missed the camaraderie and the whole thing of representing the Proteas’ | Cricket News

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The 2023 World Cup, though South Africa lost narrowly to the Australians in semis, had been a dream farewell tournament for Quinton de Kock. He got a bucket full of runs, 4 centuries, including three scores of over 150 in India two Novembers ago, and then was supposed to walk into the sunset. But admiring beautiful sunsets can’t be the only thing in life at age 32. So the itch struck back to return to do what he loves best. After disappearing, de Kock resurfaced. “I missed the camaraderie and the whole thing of representing the Proteas,” QdK had said soon after he re-appeared on the scene earlier, getting into selection contention in the Africa tri-series with Zimbabwe and Namibia. He was struck by the realisation that he loved international cricket, after franchise-cricket just didn’t cut it for him wholly. In his first media interaction post-comeback, QdK had said, “I’d played so much for the Proteas over the years that I kind of forgot about that feeling, as a kid that’s grown up to be …