Arshdeep Singh led an inspired bowling attack to help India beat South Africa by seven wickets in the third T20 international on Sunday as the hosts took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Top-order batter Shubman Gill and all-rounder Hardik Pandya are fit and available for Tuesday's T20 series opener against South Africa, India captain Suryakumar Yadav said on the eve of the match.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, out since September with injury, has returned to the India squad for this month's Twenty20 series against South Africa, while Shubman Gill will have to pass a fitness test to play, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday.

India’s unusual streak of bad luck at the toss showed no signs of ending. With South Africa captain Temba Bavuma choosing to bowl first in the second ODI in Raipur, India have now gone 20 consecutive ODIs without winning a toss -- the longest such run in men’s international cricket.

The head coach of Indian cricket team Gautam Gambhir today said it was up to the BCCI to decide his future after the hosts suffered a humiliating defeat in the second Test match against South Africa in Guwahati.

Spinner Simon Harmer took six wickets as South Africa romped to victory by 408 runs in the second Test for their first series win in India in 25 years on Wednesday.

South Africa set India 549 to win second Test.

India have long curated home tracks that accentuate turn, but the assumption their own batters would master such conditions no longer appears safe following their defeat in the opening Test against South Africa.

Play in India's second Test against South Africa in Guwahati will start at 9:00am (0330 GMT) because of early sunsets, with the order of the session breaks reversed meaning tea will be before lunch.

Winning the ODI World Cup could be a turning point for the women's game in cricket-crazy India, captain Harmanpreet Kaur said on Saturday, and encourage more girls to take the field.

Babar Azam became the highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals as Pakistan cruised to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second T20I in Lahore on Friday, levelling the three-match series 1-1.

The pathway to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 summit clash becomes clear after Australia’s win over South Africa in their final group-stage game.

Senuran Muthusamy and Kagiso Rabada hit fighting half-centuries as South Africa took a crucial 71-run lead over Pakistan on day three of the second Test in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.

Pakistan beat South Africa by 93 runs in the first Test in Lahore on Wednesday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

South Africa captain Aiden Markram says his side can expect to have a target on their back when they begin a new cycle of the World Test Championship as defending champions.

New Zealand know South Africa is 'hurting' from their heavy defeat to England, giving them extra focus for the clash at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.

England flexed their muscles in their Women's World Cup opener with a ruthless 10-wicket demolition of South Africa in Guwahati on Friday.

It's a first look at England and South Africa at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in what looms as a crucial clash between two key contenders.

Pakistan on Tuesday included five spinners and recalled paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi in an 18-man squad for the two-match Test series at home to South Africa.

England announced Friday they were resting opening batsman Ben Duckett from an upcoming T20 series against South Africa following successive one-day international losses to the Proteas, with Sam Curran recalled for the first time this year.