Extra height would give the Karnataka pacer extra bounce off the pitch, more margin for error with his length and the best chance of extracting life from the surface.
This will be the first time Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and most of the senior players will be turning up for the country after the heartbreaking loss to Australia in the World Cup final earlier this month but Dravid said that they have moved on.
India vs South Africa: The former batter picked two spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the line up
With the home team celebrating the one off Test win with the trophy, Australia captain Alyssa Healy came in as a surprise photographer as she snapped a picture of the winning team.
AUS vs PAK: Though he swung the new ball, Waqar Younis was unhappy with the pace at which the left-armer was bowling
Despite not used to the rigours of the long format, home team finds vital performances from all members to seal first-ever win over Aussies
Kaneria claims his name is missing from a list released by the Pakistan Cricket Board of the country's leading wicket-tackers in Australia
The Aussie opener, who was denied to wear shoes with the text, 'all lives are equal' for the Perth Test, had trained at the MCG nets on Sunday wearing shoes with the aforementioned logo.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khurram Shahzad, Aamer Jamal and Faheem Ashraf were leading Pakistan's pace battery in the Test against Australia and they hardly troubled the Baggy Greens who easily navigated around the pace.
India vs South Africa: With all the rain around, we might see Ravichandran Ashwin warming the bench in another SENA Test
The day started with India in a position of strength, thanks to an unbroken overnight century stand for the 8th wicket between Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar
India vs South Africa: In a must-win game, Sanju Samson delivered a magnificent knock to help India win the three-match ODI series 2-1 in Paarl.
Big Bash League 2023-24: The incident occurred during the final over of the first innings when Stars' team batter, Mark Steketee, was run out at the non-striker's end of the penultimate ball
Talking about the fitness of Dhoni, the CEO said, "He is doing well now. He has started his rehab. He started working in the gym. And, probably in another 10 days he’ll start working in the nets also.”
BCCI Selection Committee has added Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Avesh Khan and Rinku Singh to India A’s squad which is also in South Africa
England recently lost a close-fought series against the West Indies 3-2, which comes on the heels of their poor 50-over World Cup campaign earlier this year in India.
Beth Mooney's dismissal marked a mini-trend in this Test match of the opening batters getting run out in bizarre manners.
Since the fans and players are in a constant state of toggle between these two contrasting worlds - one eye on Team India, the other on IPL - they often confuse one for the other
Suryakumar Yadav had hurt his ankle when he got off balance while stopping a ball in the field
All-rounder comes to the rescue in the company of Poojas India end Day 2 with a lead of 157 runs and three wickets in hand.
The Indian board had earlier issued a press release where it cited ‘personal reasons’ for Kishan opting out of the upcoming Test series.
India vs South Africa: In 16 ODIs, Samson scored 510 runs at an average of 56.67
Usman Khawaja had initially planned to wear batting spikes with the slogans "all lives are equal" and "freedom is a human right" inscribed on them for the first Test. The messages were in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the Test series due to a fracture to his finger which is likely to take him five weeks to recover from
IND vs SA: The 36-year-old, in 84 Tests, scored 5146 runs at an average of 37.3. He scored 13 tons, with the highest score of 199 runs against Bangladesh

