Ab Devilliers

India vs South Africa: MS Dhoni's record to JP Duminy's six-hitting spree, a look at statistical highlights from T20Is

Let’s look at some of the records created and broken during the T20I series.

Highlights, India vs South Africa 2018, 2nd ODI at Centurion, Full Cricket Score: Visitors thump hosts by 9 wickets

Four balls. Four dots. Two more to go. Virat Kohli is six runs away from his fifty. Will we get an opportunity to score it? Dhawan tries to sweep the penultimate delivery and misses. Connects on the final ball but it goes straight to the short fine leg fielder.

India vs South Africa: Visitors' batting unit needs to fire as they look to avoid whitewash in Johannesburg

The onus is on skipper Virat Kohli to lift the morale of the dejected team and exhort them for one final push.

India vs South Africa: Cheteshwar Pujara's failures outside sub-continent a worrying trend for Virat Kohli & Co

There was the spectacular 2013-14 series in South Africa, of course, where Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara excelled. But, keep aside his 153 at Johannesburg in 2013, and Pujara's overseas numbers are ridiculously poor for a No 3 batsman.

India vs South Africa: Virat Kohli, AB deVilliers' Centurion dismissals reveal rare flaw in their techniques

As good as de Villiers and Kohli are, their superhuman stature suffered a minor blip on Day 4 in Centurion after technical glitches were possibly identified in their batting.

India vs South Africa: Virat Kohli's misplaced aggression backfired as they let hosts off the hook

India certainly need a fair bit of aggression to be competitive, but the same needs to be channelised and timed to suit team’s needs. Blowing up their chances on the opening day was not aggression; it was hara-kiri.

India vs South Africa: Away from square turners, Faf du Plessis and Co wait quietly for the kill

In Capetown, Centurion and Johannesburg, venues of the three Tests, the hosts have won 48 of their 81 Tests since readmission to international cricket; a healthy 59.25 per cent. They have beaten India five of the nine times at these venues.

South Africa vs Zimbabwe: Aiden Markram's ton, Morne Morkel's three-wicket haul put hosts on top

Markram's innings of 125 was the mainstay of South Africa's 309/9 before Morkel, bowling at high pace under lights in South Africa's first home floodlit Test, took the first three wickets to leave Zimbabwe reeling at 30/4 at the close.

IPL 2017: Injury-hit Royal Challengers Bangalore will bank on foreign stars to propel them to glory

Obviously RCB’s bowling could be adequate but its batting is excessively reliant on its overseas contingent. Unless they deliver match after match RCB could be in for testing times this season.