Indian Cricket Team Updates

In a rollercoaster of a match at the Punjab Cricket Association in Mohali, the Cape Cobras outclassed the Barbados Tridents in an Oppo CLT20 2014 contest that was decided by means of a Super Over. That, after the Cape Cobras, who were at one point coasting in pursuit of 175, suffered a mid-innings stutter and finished their allotted 20 overs at 174 for 5 – just as many as the Barbados Tridents had scored earlier in the evening.  (Also Read:  QUICK STATS: M12 - CAPE COBRAS V BARBADOS TRIDENTS ) Ravi Rampaul was superb in the Super Over, in which the Cape Cobras batsmen – Richard Levi and Dane Vilas – could only score 11 runs. In reply, the Barbados Tridents batsmen – Dilshan Munaweera and Jonathan Carter – managed only 10 runs against Engelbrecht’s off-breaks. The Cape Cobras looked like they would run away with the four points when openers Richard Levi and Hashim Amla blitzed to 50 in 3.5 overs. Levi, who holds the record for the fastest century in T20 Internationals, was ...

0 No chasing side had ever won a match in CLT20 history by scoring 45 runs in last three overs (18-20). Hobart Hurricanes did so with one over to spare!  ( Also Read:  MATCH REPORT : M6 - CAPE COBRAS V HOBART HURRICANES ) 2 It was only the second time in 12 matches (including qualifiers) in this edition of CLT20  that a toss winning captain elected to bat first. 8 Number of bowlers used by Cape Cobras. There has been only one instance in CLT20 history where a side made use of more bowlers. Deccan Chargers had nine bowlers rolling their arms against Somerset at Hyderabad in 2009 (Mumbai Indians also used eight bowlers against Lions at Johannesburg in 2010 edition. 62 Runs scored by Cape Cobras in the powerplay overs – most by any side in this edition of CLT20. 70 Hashim Amla bowled for the first time in his T20 career while playing his 70th match. source: clt20.com

The 194-run partnership between Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla is South Africa’s highest for the opening wicket at home. The pair bested the previous record stand of 190 between Gary Kirsten and Mike Rindel against Pakistan at Johannesburg in 1995.  (Also Read:  Report: South Africa vs India, 2nd ODI - INDIA Tour SA )  The above partnership is South Africa’s second-highest opening partnership in all ODIs – home and away. The highest remains the 235-run stand between Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs, also against India at Kochi in 2000. Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla provided only the second instance of an opening pair putting on 150-plus partnerships in successive matches (these two added 152 in the first match at Johannesburg). Pakistan’s Taufeeq Umar and Salim Elahi added 159 and 154 against Zimbabwe in 2002. Incidentally, the de Kock-Amla pair is the fifth duo to put on successive 150-plus partnerships for any wicket in ODIs, after Asanka Gurusinha and Ara...

South Africa beat India by 134 runs in Durban to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. After Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla got South Africa off to a solid start with a 194-run opening stand, Mohammed Shami reined in the hosts to help restrict them to 280. However, India lost their top order in less than nine overs while chasing the competitive target and succumbed to the South African pace attack in 35.1 overs for 146.     (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: South Africa vs India, 2nd ODI - INDIA Tour SA )  Earlier, young de Kock notched up his second successive century against Dhoni’s men as he partnered with Amla to milk the Indian attack. India had made a few changes to their team and replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma with Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma to make amends after the treatment that they received from the SA batsmen in Johannesburg. But once again the SA opening pair set up a splendid platform for the hosts – this tim...