Speculation of him stepping down have been rife but the South African captain has no such plans. 'From a runs point of view, I'm not up to a level where I should be but I've still got a huge role to play as captain to try and make sure I lift these guys up to fight to win the next Test'.
'It was absolutely a risk worth taking. I wouldn't swap it for anything. To be a World Cup winner, I'd take that any day of the week. Even if I didn't play another game of Test cricket I've got that to look back on with great memories, the pinnacle of my career'
England needed four wickets to win in their 500th overseas Test, but had to overcome late resistance and feisty 71 from Keshav Maharaj and 39 from debutant Dane Paterson before completing the task 10 minutes before lunch.
Batsmen Temba Bavuma and Keegan Petersen, left-arm seam bowler Beuran Hendricks, and all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo will join the team in Johannesburg on Wednesday
Images from Day 4 of the 3rd Test played between South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth on Sunday
Kalra was banned from Ranji Trophy as well as U-23 tournaments on a complaint filed by former Delhi captain Kirti Azad's faction, alleging that the left-handed opener has fudged his age since the U-16 level.
Dom Bess took three more South African wickets, and grabbed his first test five wicket haul, to increase England's stranglehold
South Africa trail by 439 runs and will need to bat for much of the weekend to stay in the contest and avoid going 2-1 behind in the four-Test series.
For South Africa, Rabada performs optimally when his fires are stoked.
Kagiso Rabada has been banned from the series-deciding final Test for his celebration after getting England captain Joe Root out on the first day of the ongoing third Test in Port Elizabeth.
Anderson sustained a rib injury in England's 189-run win in the second Test at Newlands and underwent an MRI scan in Cape Town.
South Africa needed to bat for 146 overs to save the second Test but fell just over eight short as a brilliant spell of bowling from Ben Stokes cleaned up their tail and levelled the four-match series for England in the final hour of the day.
Looking back at his India career, Pathan fondly recalled the moments when he delivered for the team.
Ifran Pathan's retirement was on expected lines as he did not even put himself in the IPL auction pool, last month.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes will spend Tuesday at the bedside of his father Ged, who is in a critical condition in hospital in Johannesburg. The England and Wales Cricket Board said Ged Stokes, a former New Zealand rugby league player, had suffered a "serious illness" on Monday.
The overhaul of South Africa's coaching structure has given the team a major boost as they get ready to take on England in a four-Test series which begins on Thursday, captain Faf du Plessis said. Meanwhile, veteran pacer James Anderson will be back on the frontline for England, for what will be his 150th Test.
Dhoni, who is hailed as the best finisher in the world by many, brought many laurels to the country.
Tendulkar's 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa is the highest runs scored by an individual in a single edition but there were two matches where the maestro pushed his body beyond its limit.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Wednesday.
Mark Boucher is confident he can turn around the fortunes of the country's ailing test team and has warned England
Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar, who started his international career in 2000, will stand in a record 129th Test match when Australia take on New Zealand in the first Test in Perth on Thursday.
'Can Tendulkar recreate the magic of his youth?', asks advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
Holders India begin their Under-19 World Cup defence with a clash against Sri Lanka on January 19, at the Mangaung Oval, in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Saha was hurt in the 27th over, while keeping to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
'I was well prepared and confident that I would win at least win Rs 50 lakh to 1 crore.'
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the first Test.
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers from Test encounters between India and South Africa.
From Hurricane Dorian to Hong Kong protests to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega event in Houston, Texas, United States -- these are the big moments that shaped the month of September.
In the final, Gambhir had played a match-winning knock of 75 runs off just 54 balls.
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers of how both teams have fared in Twenty20 Internationals.
Rediff reader Anmol More shared his experience.
'Whoever is going to stop me from running is going to have to drag me out of the track'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
With 11,406 runs in 238 innings Virat Kohli is the second highest run-getter for India in ODI
Kohli broke the record of Pakistan's Javed Miandad and became the leading run-scorer against West Indies in ODIs.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club World Cricket Committee, will skip its upcoming meeting at Lord's on August 11-12.
'A man who is sometimes loved and loathed in equal measure, a man we're seemingly tired of seeing yet can't imagine life without.' Dhruv Munjal salutes the incomparable M S Dhoni.
The American actor and singer is in love with her curves.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
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