Rohit Sharma Reaction On Virat Kohli Century: The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa was played on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at the JSCA Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi. In this match, after Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli scored a explosive century, no one was happier than Rohit Sharma in the Indian dressing room. Virat completed the 52nd century of his ODI career against South Africa. Kohli played an excellent inning of 135 runs in 120 balls with the help of 11 fours and 7 sixes. While Virat was celebrating on the field after completing his century, the reaction of Rohit Sharma present in the dressing room was also worth seeing. During this time, Rohit was also seen saying something in the camera. Since then, people on social media have been trying to interpret his words in their own way. However, now Arshdeep Singh has revealed what the hitman actually said?

Arshdeep Singh revealed

Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, who was standing next to Rohit Sharma when Virat Kohli scored a century, has shared a video on social media, in which he is telling what the hitman had said. Arshdeep has made a small video on the next day of Ranchi ODI i.e. December 1, 2025. This video has been posted by his IPL team Punjab Kings from its official account. In which Arshdeep is saying that ‘Since yesterday, many messages have been coming about what Rohit Bhai said on Virat Bhai’s century, so let me tell you that he said that blue fairy, red fairy room is closed, I like Nadia…’

Kuldeep Yadav Created New World Record: The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South was played on Sunday i.e. November 30, 2025 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. Team India played brilliantly in this match. Where Virat Kohli scored his 52nd record century and former captain Rohit Sharma scored his 60th half-century in ODIs. Apart from the excellent performance of these two, star spinner Kuldeep Yadav overtook Australia’s legendary leg spinner Shane Warne in taking 4 wickets the most number of wickets against South Africa.

Kuldeep bowled brilliantly in Ranchi ODI

Kuldeep Yadav played an important role in Team India’s victory by bowling brilliantly in Ranchi ODI. In this high-scoring match, Kuldeep took 4 wickets for 68 runs in 10 overs with an economy of 6.80. Kuldeep first dismissed Tony De Georgi for 39 runs and sent him to the pavilion. After this, he dismissed Marco Jansen and Matthew Britzke in the space of three balls in the 34th over. These two batsmen had made a partnership of 97 runs in just 68 balls for the sixth innings. Kuldeep dismissed Yansen after playing a quick inning of 70 runs in 39 balls. Soon after, he dismissed Matthew Britzke for 72 runs in 80 balls and Kuldeep got his fourth wicket in the form of Prenelan Subrayen.

It’s Kuldeep Yadav again

A nicely bowled wrong’un as he completes his spell with figures of 4/68

KL Rahul with the catch

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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025

Kuldeep broke Shane Warne’s record

Kuldeep Yadav was successful in taking four wickets against South Africa in Ranchi ODI. This was the fourth time that he has taken four wickets in an ODI match. Earlier, Kuldeep had also achieved such a feat in Cape Town and Gakerha in 2018 and in Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi in 2022. Kuldeep has made the record of taking four wickets the maximum number of times against South Africa as a spin bowler. Earlier this record was in the names of Shane Warne and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Virat Kohli Visit MS Dhoni Home: After India’s embarrassing 0-2 defeat to South Africa in the Test series, the three-match ODI series between the two teams is going to start on November 30 at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi. The Indian team has reached Ranchi for this match. There is tremendous enthusiasm among the fans of Ranchi regarding the two most star players of Team India, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. As soon as both the players landed at Ranchi airport, a large number of fans were present there to get a glimpse of them. Virat Kohli’s popularity in Ranchi was such that from airport to hotel and ground, fans were shouting slogans of King Kohli everywhere.

Virat reached Dhoni’s house to meet him

The Indian team has reached the city of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to play the first ODI against South Africa. During this time, Virat Kohli reached MS Dhoni’s house to meet him. This meeting between Dhoni and Kohli is no less than a big event for cricket fans. As soon as the news came out that Virat Kohli was going to Dhoni’s house, a crowd of fans gathered outside Dhoni’s house to see him. This moment shows the deep bond between these two legendary players and the fans’ unwavering love for them.

MS Dhoni personally drove his car to drop Virat Kohli back at the hotel after dinner. pic.twitter.com/sEHdZT1EGt

— ⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) November 27, 2025

Virat Kohli has been visiting MS Dhoni’s house earlier also to meet him. Apart from Virat Kohli, other players of the Indian team have also reached Dhoni’s house.

Virat will prepare for the first ODI

After an emotional meeting with MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli will now start preparing for the first ODI against South Africa on 30 November. The three-match ODI series will be very important for both the teams. Because Team India would like to maintain its dominance on its home ground. At the same time, the South African team is also ready to present a strong challenge. At present, a tremendous atmosphere of cricket is being seen in Ranchi and all eyes are on the match to be held on 30th November.

In 2017, Simon Harmer signed the ‘Kolpak Deal’ to play for the English county team Essex. Harmer had given up hope of playing Test cricket for South Africa. This off-spinner played for the first time in India with the South African team that toured India in 2015, but he had an average performance in this series. After which his chances of playing another Test match in India were almost over. However, Harmer has performed brilliantly on the current tour of India, playing an important role in helping the South African team achieve a historic 2-0 win in the two-match series.

What did Simon say about playing after 2015?

After registering a big win of 408 runs in the Guwahati Test against India, Simon Harmer said on Wednesday, ‘I never thought that I would get another chance in international cricket and I also never thought that I would come to India to play again. To be here, to win the series 2-0 and to be named player of the series, it is very special. I think it will take some time to understand and assimilate it and this is a very special victory for us.

Statement given on the historic victory in India

Simon Harmer said in response to a question asked by ‘PTI’, ‘Yes, I think when I signed the Kolpak deal, one of the conditions was that I would never be able to play for my country again, so I had accepted this fact.’

Harmer, who won the ‘Player of the Series’ award by taking 17 wickets in two Test matches in India, was expecting an excellent performance from himself on this tour. He said, ‘I always wanted to be able to look back at the end of my career and say that I was the best for myself.

Shubman Gill Health Update: India and South Africa faced defeat by 30 runs in the first Test match played at Eden Gardens. Before this defeat, Team India had suffered a big blow when captain Shubman Gill had to retire hurt due to neck strain while batting in the first innings. Seeing the seriousness of Shubman’s injury, the doctors of Team India admitted him to the hospital. Currently Shubman Gill is in ICU.

Head coach Gautam Gambhir gave update

After the defeat in the first Test against South Africa, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir gave a big update about Shubman Gill in the press conference and told when Gill can be fit. In the press conference, the head coach said, “Shubman Gill is still under the observation of doctors and the decision about his playing in the next Test match will be taken by the physio.”

Shubman was able to play only 3 balls in the first innings.

Captain Shubhman Gill retired hurt after playing only 3 balls in the first innings of the Eden Gardens Test match against South Africa. During this, he hit a four, after which he felt stiffness in his neck. For this reason Shubman had to return to the pavilion. Even after waiting for a long time, he did not get relief from pain, so Shubman had to be admitted to the hospital. Captain Gill could neither bat in the first innings nor in the second innings.

Indian team could not achieve the target of 124 runs

The South African team had given a target of 124 runs to Team India to win, but the Indian team was all out for 93 runs even before the tea break of the third day. In this match, South Africa batted first and in the first innings the South African team was limited to only 159 runs. In response, Team India took a lead of 30 runs by scoring 189 runs in the first innings, but South Africa presented a tough challenge to the Indian team by scoring 153 runs in its second innings on a difficult pitch, due to which Team India lost by 30 runs.

India vs South Africa in Tests: The 2-match Test series between India and South Africa is starting from 14th November, the first match of which will be played at Eden Garden, Kolkata. The last match of the series will be held on 22 November 2025 at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. In the last five Test series, the match between India and South Africa has depended a lot on home conditions. The South African team won two consecutive series on its soil, while India also won two series on its home ground and one series was drawn.

The series was a draw between India and South Africa

A 2-match Test series between Team India and South African team was played in South Africa in 2023/24. In which both the teams were successful in drawing the series by winning one match each. South Africa won the first match of this series by an innings and 32 runs. India won the second match by 7 wickets.

South Africa won two series

South Africa had won the 2021/22 and 2017/18 test series between Team India and South African team. Both the series took place on South African soil. The South African team won the 3-match Test series of 2021/22 2-1. In 2017/18 also, a 3-match test series was played, in which South Africa defeated the Indian team 2-1.

Team India captured two series

Team India had won the 2019/20 and 2015/16 Test series between India and South Africa. Both the series took place on Indian soil. The Indian team won the 3-match Test series 3-0 in 2019/20. In 2015/16, a 4-match Test series was played, in which Team India was successful in defeating the South African team 3-0. One match of this series was a draw between the two teams.

Before the start of India vs South Africa Test series, Gautam Gambhir has come to visit Kalighat temple. The first test match is to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from 14th November. Let us tell you that 2 matches are to be played in this test series. The second match will be played in Guwahati from 22nd November. Even before the start of the series, Gambhir has been visiting temples at various places. Let us tell you that this home series is very important for the Indian team to reach the top-2 of the World Test Championship 2025-27 and strengthen its claim for the final.

Kolkata, West Bengal: Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir visits Kalighat Temple pic.twitter.com/YvEMvrVYHX

— IANS (@ians_india) November 11, 2025

Gautam Gambhir had also visited Kalighat temple twice in the year 2024. He went to visit Kalighat temple once as a mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders and second time after becoming the head coach of the Indian cricket team.

Gautam Gambhir had recently expressed condolences to the people and their families killed in the Delhi blasts. Last Monday evening, there was an explosion in a car near the Red Fort metro station in Delhi, in which many people are reported to have lost their lives.

Ever since Gautam Gambhir became the head coach, the performance of the Indian team in the Test format has not been very good. Team India has won Test series against Bangladesh and West Indies in the last one year. During this period, the Indian team had to lose the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 in Australia, after which the series in England was drawn 2-2. The Indian team had lost 0-3 to New Zealand in the home test series.

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South Africa’s Test captain Temba Bavuma is the biggest threat to India, who has not lost any Test till date while being the captain. Let us tell you about his record. South Africa’s tour of India will begin with a Test series, the first match of which will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from November 14.

This will be Shubman Gill’s third Test series as captain, the first series was a 2-2 draw against England. After that Gill and team defeated West Indies 2-0 in the 2-match series. Now it will be interesting to see whether Team India will be able to break the big record of Temba Bavuma, which he has maintained since 2023.

Temba Bavuma never lost a test as captain

Under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma, the South African cricket team won its first WTC title by defeating Australia in the final of the World Test Championship played this year. Bavuma, appointed as the Test captain of the team in 2023, has so far played 10 Tests as captain, out of which South Africa has won 9 and 1 has ended in a draw.

Under the captaincy of Bavuma, South Africa has not lost any test till date, in fact only 1 test has been drawn. Before this, Bavuma has played only one Test as captain against India, which was won by South Africa by an innings and 32 runs.

India vs South Africa Head to Head (Test)

South Africa cricket team won the Test series in India for the first and last time in 1999, after that the team came to India 5 times to play Test but could never win. Out of 7 Test series played by South Africa in India, only 1 has been won by Team India, 4 have been won by Team India and 2 ended in draw.

So far, 44 matches have been played between India and South Africa in Tests, out of which India has won 16 times and South Africa has won 18 times. 10 matches ended in a draw.

Indian squad

Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicket keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket keeper), Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.

South Africa’s test squad

Dewald Brewis, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Jorji, Tristan Stubbs, Zuboor Hamza, Aiden Markram, Corbin Bosch, Marco Janssen, Senuran Muthusamy, Willem Mulder, Kyle Vergne (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer.

IND vs SA Test Series Date And Time: South African team is coming on India tour. On this tour, 2 Test, 3 ODI and 5 T20 matches will be played between India and South Africa. South Africa’s tour of India is going to start from Friday, November 14, when the first test match will be played between the two teams. The command of India’s Test team will be with Shubman Gill. Rishabh Pant is going to make a comeback in this test series. Earlier, Pant was made the captain of India A in the match being played against South Africa A.

India vs South Africa Test Series

The Test series between India and South Africa will start from 14th November, which will continue till 26th November. The first match will be played in Kolkata and the second match in Guwahati.

• The first Test match between India and South Africa will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from November 14 to November 18. According to Indian time, this match will start at 9:30 am.
• The second match of this test series will be played between 22nd November to 26th November, which will be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. This match will start at 9 am Indian time.

Team India will also play ODI and T20 series

After the two-match Test series between India and South Africa, a series of three ODIs and five T20 matches will also be played.

• The first match of the ODI series will be played at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. This match will start at 1:30 pm.
• The second ODI will be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. This match will also start at 1:30 pm.
• The last match of this series will be played at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. This match will start at 1:30 pm.

t20 series

• 1st T20- 9 December, Cuttack
• Second T20- 11 December, New Chandigarh
• 3rd T20- 14 December, Dharamshala
• Fourth T20- 17 December, Lucknow
• Fifth T20- 19 December, Ahmedabad

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Rishabh Pant Injured Again Against South Africa: India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant was returning after injury in the Test series against South Africa. But Pant got injured once again while playing an unofficial test match against South Africa A. Pant went out of the field after getting injured on the third day of the second unofficial Test. Let us tell you that Team India has to play the first test match against South Africa from 14th November.

Rishabh Pant injured once again

An unofficial test match is being played between India A and South Africa A at the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. After batting on the third day of the match, Pant was hit thrice by Tshepo Moreki’s ball. The ball of this South African bowler also hit Pant’s helmet. Rishabh Pant had to retire hurt as the ball hit his body three times. Pant wanted to bat during the match, but coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar and physio asked Pant to retire.

Will Pant play against South Africa?

Rishabh Pant was injured by Chris Woakes in the fourth test played against England in Manchester. Pant’s toe was fractured. After recovering from this injury, after about 3.5 months, Pant is part of the Test series played against South Africa. There is still time for the series against India-South Africa, till then Pant can take a break and join Team India. Whereas in the first test against South Africa, India’s playing eleven will be revealed during the match itself.

• First Test- 14-18 November, Kolkata
• Second Test- 22-26 November, Guwahati

India’s squad for test series

Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper and vice-captain), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Akashdeep.

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