South Africa's most experienced spinner on the tour Keshav Maharaj wants to be as consistent as R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja during the Test series against India. He has picked up 94 wickets at an average of 28.45 including 5 five-wicket hauls.

Nepal captain Paras Khadka made his way into the cricket's history books by becoming the first skipper to score a century while chasing in a T20I game.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan has slammed Pakistan for advising India on its internal affairs and has suggested the arch-rivals to set their house in order first before commenting on others. Speaking to India TV on their popular show 'Aap Ki Adalat', the left-hander said that if any outsider speaks against the country, he would certainly object to it.

Pakistan opener Iman-Ul-Haq feels that he might not be accepted by Pakistan fans for what he is as opposed to him being the nephew of former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-Ul-Haq. Imam said that he had made it to the Pakistan team through hard work. "I don’t think it will change unfortunately. The people will never accept me. That's what I think. I will be very pleased if people were to accept me as Imam-Ul-Haq and not as someone's nephew."

KL Rahul will not be a part of the Test series against South Africa after he was dropped due to poor form. With the return of Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul's not a sure starter in the limited-overs formats too. Currently, he is playing the Vijay Hazare Trophy for Karnataka. In the game against Kerala at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, he scored a match-winning 122 ball 131.

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has said that while India remains a great team in limited-overs cricket, Virat Kohli needs to bring back wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. While both players have seen a meteoric rise in the run-up to the 2019 World Cup, they were missing from the teams that faced the West Indies and South Africa with Kohli indicating that the management is looking to add more depth to the batting lineup.

Yuzvendra Chahal is known for trapping the batsman with his brilliant accuracy and guile. He was a major performer for India in the ICC World Cup 2019. He controlled the middle-overs with fellow wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav and picked up some important wickets throughout the tournament. However, in spite of finishing at the top of the table at the end of group stage, India failed to beat New Zealand in the semifinals and returned home empty-handed.

Zaheer Khan was one of the greatest fast bowlers to have come out of India. He represented India in 92 Tests, 200 ODIs and 17 T20Is between 2000 and 2014, picking up 311, 282 and 17 wickets respectively. He also played a major role in helping India win the ICC World Cup in 2011 under MS Dhoni.

Ahead of the first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi, stand-in skipper Lahiru Thirimanne said that his side should focus cricket rather than worry about the security.

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was elected as president unopposed by the Electoral Officer of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Thursday.

Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has said that he was not picked for the Indian team in 2017 despite passing the mandatory yo-yo test.  India's 2011 World Cup player of the tournament was dropped after the 2017 tour of West Indies due to poor form with the bat. Earlier, this year, the two-time world cup winner called time on his career.

Ahead of the Test series against South Africa, Head coach Ravi Shastri has said that ace off-spinner R Ashwin is not an automatic inclusion in the playing eleven. Ashwin, who has represented India in 65 Tests till date, has picked up 342 wickets at an average of 25.44 including 26 five-wicket hauls and 7 ten-wicket match hauls and has bowled some terrific spells to help India to some memorable victories.

Out-of-form Rishabh Pant might not find a place in the starting eleven for the first Test against South Africa at Vizag from October 2. The 21-year-old keeper, who made 4 and 19 in the recently concluded T20I series might not get a further go in the Test series which is also part of the ICC World Test Championship.