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Delhi Capitals Lose Lungi Ngidi Ahead Of IPL 2024, Replace Him With Star Australian All-Rounder | Cricket News
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Delhi Capitals Lose Lungi Ngidi Ahead Of IPL 2024, Replace Him With Star Australian All-Rounder | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of Lungi Ngidi© BCCI/SportzpicsSouth African pacer Lungi Ngidi, who was signed by the Delhi Capitals, was on Friday ruled out of the IPL 2024 due to an injury. The Capitals have roped in Australian all-rounder Jake Fraser-McGurk in place of Ngidi. McGurk, a 21-year-old hard-hitting opener and leg-spinner from Melbourne, made his ODI debut against the West Indies at Sydney last month.He has joined DC for his reserve price of Rs 50 lakh.Ngidi, who has been battling an ankle niggle from India's tour to South Africa in December, 2023-January, 2024, has played 14 IPL matches and has taken 25 wickets.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Topics mentioned in this article [ad_2] Source link
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11 Balls, 6 wickets, 0 Runs: India Suffer Spectacular Collapse vs South Africa; Ravi Shastri’s Reaction Viral | Cricket News
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11 Balls, 6 wickets, 0 Runs: India Suffer Spectacular Collapse vs South Africa; Ravi Shastri’s Reaction Viral | Cricket News

[ad_1] It was one of those days, where unexpected things were always round the corner in Cape Town. On a bright sunny morning on Wednesday, South Africa capitulated for just 55 with fast bowler Mohammed Siraj breathing fire. He took six wickets as India bowled out its rivals for the lowest score ever by any team against the side. However, that was just the first part of the thriller that was about to unfold. India were expected to take a huge lead. Though the Rohit Sharma-led side took the lead comfortably, the incidents that began to unravel from the 34th over of the Indian innings was beyond any explanation.With the scoreboard reading 153/4, Lungi Ngidi first scalped KL Rahul. In the same over, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah departed too. In the next over. Kagiso Rabada removed Vir...
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Ahead Of First Test Match Against India, South Africa Coach’s Big ‘Kagiso Rabada’ Warning | Cricket News
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Ahead Of First Test Match Against India, South Africa Coach’s Big ‘Kagiso Rabada’ Warning | Cricket News

[ad_1] With his frontline pacers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi hitting the nets ahead of the 'Boxing Day' Test, South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad on Saturday expressed confidence that India won't be able to breach their 'Final Frontier' in the upcoming series. Rabada was rested from the white ball leg as he was nursing a heel niggle while Ngidi pulled out after sustaining a left ankle injury ahead of the T20Is. On Saturday afternoon though, Rabada and Ngidi bowled full tilt at the centre training wicket of the Supersport Park and facing them was Dean Elgar, who is playing in his last series. The Centurion track is a pacer's dream although India did get the better of South Africa last time around. The head coach would want his lethal weapons to fire on all cylinders."They will be fres...
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Big Jolt For South Africa Even Before T20I Series vs India Begins As Star Is Ruled Out | Cricket News
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Big Jolt For South Africa Even Before T20I Series vs India Begins As Star Is Ruled Out | Cricket News

[ad_1] The Indian cricket team renews its rivalry with South Africa beginning with a T20I on Sunday. India will play all three formats on the Tour. South Africa, at home, have always been a great force and the Indian cricket team knows it well. This time India will have three captain - Rohit Sharma (Tests), KL Rahul (ODIs) and Suryakumar Yadav (T20Is). The white-ball teams of India bear a fresh look with veterans like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah being rested. Ahead of the T20I series, South Africa got a big shock as star pacer Lungi Ngidi was ruled out of the series."Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the three-match KFC T20I series against India due to a left lateral ankle sprain. The 27-year-old has been released from the squad and will return to his pr...
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Haris Rauf’s One-Handed Blinder That Almost Won Cricket World Cup 2023 Clash For Pakistan – Watch | Cricket News
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Haris Rauf’s One-Handed Blinder That Almost Won Cricket World Cup 2023 Clash For Pakistan – Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] South Africa survived a late charge from Pakistan to pull off a thrilling one-wicket win and move closer to the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup 2023 on Friday. Aiden Markram hit a solid 91 and at 206-4 South Africa were well on course to comfortably chase down a 271-run target. However, it was left to the last pair of Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi to score 11 runs while surviving 11 balls. Shamsi survived a leg-before appeal that went to umpire's call off fast bowler Haris Rauf with eight needed before Maharaj hit spinner Mohammad Nawaz to the square-leg boundary to pull off the win in 47.2 overs, sparking wild celebrations in his team's dressing room.Maharaj (seven not out) also added 10 runs for the ninth wicket with Lungi Ngidi (four) but Rauf took a stunning catch off...
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Watch: South Africa Cricketers Struggle To Say ‘Thiruvananthapuram’. Shashi Tharoor Reacts | Cricket News
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Watch: South Africa Cricketers Struggle To Say ‘Thiruvananthapuram’. Shashi Tharoor Reacts | Cricket News

[ad_1] South African cricketers struggled to pronounce Thiruvananthapuram© X (formerly Twitter)The South African cricket team has arrived in India for the Cricket World Cup 2023 and they have set their base currently in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The South Africa cricketers started their practice and will play a Cricket World Cup warm-up match against New Zealand on Monday. However, it is the name of the city that left few of the players scratching their heads and their struggle to pronounce ‘Thiruvananthapuram' was captured in a video which has gone viral on the social media.In the video which was shared by politician Shashi Tharoor, most of the South African cricketers struggled to get the pronunciation correct and came up with hilarious sounding words. However, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso...
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Lungi Ngidi Bowls Out Moeen Ali On Twice In Two Deliveries In 3rd SA-Eng ODI. Watch | Cricket News
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Lungi Ngidi Bowls Out Moeen Ali On Twice In Two Deliveries In 3rd SA-Eng ODI. Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] Lungi Ngidi claimed the wicket of Moeen Ali in the third ODI between South Africa and England.© TwitterSouth Africa pacer Lungi Ngidi failed to win the game for his side but he was impressive with his performance in the third and final ODI against England on Wednesday. He returned figures of 4 for 62 in his 10-over spell in the match at Diamond Oval in Kimberley, though England still managed to post a big total of 346. Out of his four wickets in game, one included that of Moeen Ali, whom Ngidi bowled out on consecutive deliveries. While the first one was a free-hit delivery which was preceded by a no-ball, the second one was a legal one.On the fourth ball of the 47th over, Ngidi bowled the no-ball. However, he made a good comeback and cleaned up Moeen with a lower full toss on the...
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“Could Have Gone Anywhere”: South Africa Pacer On Dismissing Virat Kohli During T20 World Cup Clash | Cricket News
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“Could Have Gone Anywhere”: South Africa Pacer On Dismissing Virat Kohli During T20 World Cup Clash | Cricket News

[ad_1] Lungi Ngidi was pleased as punch to have Virat Kohli among his four scalps in "one of his best T20 performances" after South Africa won a crucial T20 World Cup match against India by five wickets on Sunday. Ngidi, who replaced Tabraiz Shamsi in the playing XI, got 4 for 29 which included the wickets of rival captain Rohit Sharma, opener KL Rahul, Kohli and Hardik Pandya. "Virat had hit me for two boundaries, so he was trying to attack me a bit. Bowling that (short) ball, I probably knew he would go for it. Could have gone anywhere, for six or in hand, and luckily, it went by my side," Ngidi told reporters in the mixed zone when asked about his favourite dismissal.In fact, he rated this performance better than his 5/39 against England."Against England, we came out on losing side an...
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SA20 Players Auction Live Updates: Full List Of Players Sold and Unsold So Far | Cricket News
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SA20 Players Auction Live Updates: Full List Of Players Sold and Unsold So Far | Cricket News

[ad_1] SA20, the brand new franchise T20 league in South Africa is conducting its players' auction today and there are some big names in the fray. Apart from the big name South African players there are many top international stars who are going under the hammer like.Here's how the auction has gone so far:The first list of the players who are tagged as  XX players, are: Heinrich Klaasen, Jimmy Neesham, Rassie van der Dussen, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Odean Smith and Dwaine Pretorius.Here is the live updates of SA20 Player auction:The allrounders' auction startsKeemo Paul sold to Durban's Super Giants for R850,000Set 3 Players (Sold and Unsold)Phil Salt sold to Pretoria Capitals for 2 million randKusal Perera unsoldKusal Medis unsoldRyan Rickelton sold to MI Cape Town for...
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England vs South Africa, 2nd Test Day 1: James Anderson Strikes Before Zak Crawley And Jonny Bairstow Hold Firm Against South Africa | Cricket News
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England vs South Africa, 2nd Test Day 1: James Anderson Strikes Before Zak Crawley And Jonny Bairstow Hold Firm Against South Africa | Cricket News

[ad_1] England great James Anderson marked becoming the first player to appear in 100 home Tests by leading the attack with three wickets as South Africa were dismissed for just 151 on Thursday's first day of the second Test at Old Trafford. Kagiso Rabada starred with both bat and ball as the Proteas fought back, the fast bowler top-scoring with 36 and then dismissing star batsman Joe Root for just nine as England, bidding to level this three-match series at 1-1, slumped to 43-3. But by stumps England had recovered to 111-3, a deficit of 40 runs, with struggling opener Zak Crawley surviving to be 17 not out off 77 balls.By contrast Jonny Bairstow was 38 not out off 45 balls, including six typically well-struck fours, during an unbroken stand of 68 with Crawley.South Africa's innings ende...
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