Jonny Bairstow Smashed 34 runs In An Over From Keshav Maharaj: England wicketkeeper batsman Jonny Bairstow is playing for Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the current season of South Africa’s T20 league SA20. Bairstow has not got a chance to play in international cricket after the year 2024. Recently, Bairstow also remained unsold in the mini auction held for IPL 2026. However, even after this, Bairstow is spreading his magic in SA20. In a match of this league, Bairstow scored 34 runs in Keshav Maharaj’s over. He has become the batsman scoring the most runs in an over in the history of SA20.

Bairstow scored 34 runs in one over of Maharaj

Playing for Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Jonny Bairstow scored 34 runs in one over against Pretoria Capitals. The 12th over of Sunrisers’ innings included 5 sixes and one four. This over was bowled by Pretoria Capitals captain and star spinner Keshav Maharaj. The first ball was a shot and Bairstow sent it for a six over mid-wicket. The second ball was sent 92 meters away at Cow Corner. The third ball went for a six over mid-wicket. Bairstow hit a four by sweeping the fourth ball. Keshav Maharaj bowled the 5th ball of the over, which Bairstow sent across the boundary over long off. At the same time, he hit a six on the last ball over the bowler’s head. In this way a total of 34 runs were scored in the over.

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Sunrisers beat Pretoria by 10 wickets

In the 14th match of SA20, Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Pretoria Capitals by 10 wickets. Pretoria Capitals, who came to bat first after winning the toss, were able to score 176 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Sunrisers achieved the target in 14.2 overs without losing any wicket. Quinton de Kock scored unbeaten 79 while Jonny Bairstow scored 85 runs. Bairstow hit 8 fours and 6 sixes in his innings of 45 balls, while De Kock also hit 5 fours and 6 sixes in his innings of 41 balls.

SA20 Cricket League 2025-26: The SA20 cricket tournament match was played between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals, in which aggressive opener Quinton de Kock played a stormy inning of 77 runs in 47 balls. In this match, Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 48 runs and this team also won bonus points. Batting first, Sunrisers scored 188 runs for six wickets. In response to which, the entire team of Pretoria Capital was reduced to 140 runs in 18 overs. Sunrisers have won the second consecutive match by a big margin and won the bonus point, due to which Sunrisers now have 10 points.

De Kock and Bridgetke made a century partnership

After winning the toss in this match, Sunrisers Eastern Cape decided to bat first. After opener Jonny Bairstow was out after scoring just 5 runs, Quinton de Kock took the lead along with Matthew Bridtke. There was a partnership of 116 runs on 70 balls between the two for the second wicket. Britzke scored 52 runs in 33 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six. De Kock hit five fours and six sixes in his innings. Apart from these two, Jordan Harman, who is in excellent form (37 runs in 20 balls, five fours, one six) also made useful contribution.

Pretoria Capitals did not bat well

Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who were chasing the target of 189 runs, gave a blow to Pretoria Capitals in the very first over by Marco Yansen. After this, Will Smeed and Shai Hope took over the innings. There was a partnership of 47 runs between the two. Hope was out after scoring 36 runs while Smeed was out after scoring 35 runs. After this the team lost wickets continuously and no other batsman could score big. Capitals’ innings ended at 140 runs in the 18th over. Adam Milne took 4 wickets for 25 runs and Tharendu Ratnayake took 2 wickets for just 15 runs in 4 overs.

Sourav Ganguly is the head coach of Pretoria Capitals.

Former Indian captain and legendary batsman Sourav Ganguly is the head coach of Pretoria Capitals. He got this responsibility this season but the Capitals have not been able to open their account even after two matches. He had to face defeat from Joburg Super Kings in his first match.

The mini auction of IPL 2026 was surprising in many ways. While on one hand the franchises spent a lot of money on uncapped players, on the other hand there were some veteran players who were sold at very low prices. Looking at the experience and record of these players, it was believed that they would get big bids, but the picture appeared different on the auction table.

david miller

Experienced South African batsman David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore. Miller, who has played more than 140 matches in IPL, has scored more than 3000 runs and has shown his ability to finish matches many times. Despite this, no big bid was made on them.

ben duckett

England’s aggressive opener Ben Duckett also came into the account of Delhi Capitals. He was also bought at the base price of Rs 2 crore. Duckett is known for scoring runs quickly in limited overs cricket and has a good record in the T20 format. In such a situation, this deal is considered beneficial for Delhi.

Sarfaraz Khan

The auction journey of Sarfaraz Khan, who scored consecutive runs in domestic cricket, was the most interesting. No team bought him in the first round, but in the second round, Chennai Super Kings included him in their team at a base price of Rs 75 lakh. Considering Sarfaraz’s batting ability, this deal is being considered quite cheap.

quinton dekock

South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock was bought by Mumbai Indians for just Rs 1 crore. De Kock is a big name in international cricket and his performance in IPL has also been excellent. Getting such a player at such a low price is like a jackpot for Mumbai.

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Indian fast bowler Akash Deep was included in their team by Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of Rs 1 crore. Akash Deep has shown his ability at the domestic and international level, so this deal can prove beneficial for KKR.

Mumbai Indians Full Squad For IPL 2026: For the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, a mini auction was held on December 16, 2025 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, in which Mumbai Indians entered the auction with the lowest purse. Mumbai Indians had prepared their team through trade during the retention period before the auction. Many times during the auction the team is not able to prepare as per the plan. In such a situation, Mumbai tried a new method and was successful to a great extent in making up for its shortcomings by including many players in its team at low prices through trade.

Mumbai Indians included these players in the auction

Mumbai Indians, which entered the IPL 2026 auction with the lowest purse, was successful in including 5 players in its team. He had to buy a total of five players, including one foreigner, to complete the squad. In which South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock joined for Rs 1 crore. Apart from this, four young Indian players Danish Malewar (30 lakh), young left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Izhar (30 lakh), all-rounder Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh) and all-rounder Mayank Rawat (30 lakh) were included in the team at the base price. Even after completing the squad of 25 in the auction, Rs 55 lakh were left in the account of Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians included these players in the team through trade

Mumbai Indians included all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Sherfane Rutherford in their team through trade. Shardul was traded by Mumbai to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2 crore and Sherfed Rutherford was traded to Gujarat Titans for Rs 2.6 crore. Mumbai had made a cash deal for both the players. After this, to make up for the lack of leg spinner in their team, MI included Mayank Markande in their platoon by trading him to Kolkata Knight Riders for a price of Rs 30 lakh.

Mumbai Indians full squad for IPL 2026:

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Robin Minze, Ryan Rickleton, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacques, Carbyn Bosch, Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwini Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markandey (traded from KKR), Shardul Thakur (traded from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford. (Traded from GT), Quinton de Kock (1 crore), Danish Malewar (30 lakh), Mohammad Izhar (30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh) and Mayank Rawat (30 lakh).

The second match of the ongoing 5-match T20 series between India and South Africa was played at the Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. South Africa was successful in winning this match by 51 runs. After winning the toss, the Indian team, which came on the field to bowl first, performed disappointingly. At the same time, in the second match, an unwanted record has been registered in the name of Team India’s young fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, which no bowler in the world would want to break. Here we will tell you about that unwanted record which Arshdeep has made in his name.

Arshdeep Singh made an unwanted record

In the second match against South Africa, Arshdeep Singh bowled 13 balls in one over. With this, Arshdeep equaled the unwanted record of Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen Ul Haq in terms of bowling the most number of balls in an over during a T20 International (Full Members) match.

In this match, Arshdeep, who came to bowl the 11th over in the first innings, bowled a total of 13 balls, in which 18 runs were scored. Before Arshdeep Singh, Afghanistan’s Naveen Ul Haq had bowled 13 balls in a single over against Zimbabwe at Harare ground in the year 2024. At the same time, in the year 2021, against Pakistan in Johannesburg, South African bowler Sisanda Megala had bowled a total of 12 balls in one over.

Team India suffered a crushing defeat

South Africa defeated Team India by 51 runs in the second match. With this, the 5-match T20 series is tied at 1-1. After losing the toss, the South African team came to bat first and gave India a huge target of 214 runs. In reply, Team India could not even play the full 20 overs and was all out for 162 runs in 19.1 overs. Experienced wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock played an important role in South Africa’s victory. In this match, De Kock played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes, for which he was given the ‘Player of the Match’ award.

South Africa won the second T20 match played against India in Mullanpur by 51 runs. Quinton de Kock scored 90 runs in 46 balls with 7 sixes and 5 fours. He was chosen ‘Player of the Match’ for his winning innings in this match. After the victory, this opening batsman told where the situation had turned upside down for India in the match.

After the match was over, the left-handed batsman said, “When the Indian team batted, the situation reversed. The pitch also gained speed. The ball started moving faster. When we were batting, the ball was slower and was moving less. This was the biggest difference in the conditions of the two innings.”

Quinton de Kock said about his stormy innings, “I myself don’t know what was happening, it was just happening. Maybe that’s the thing that when I get set in batting, I try to capitalize on it completely. I believe this happens because we play against each other very often. We always play on good pitches, especially in India.”

Quinton de Kock made a partnership of 83 runs in 47 balls with Aiden Markram for the second wicket. Regarding this partnership, he said, “I felt that the pitch was a bit slow in the beginning, the ball was taking time to reach the bat. When we were batting, it was difficult for the new batsman to get settled. The ball did not feel wet, it felt dry. So it was just a matter of me and Aiden Markram holding on and building a partnership, because it was not going to be easy for the new batsman.”

Batting first against India, South Africa scored 213 runs losing 4 wickets. In response, the Indian team was reduced to just 162 runs in 19.1 overs.

In the second T20 match, South Africa, playing first, has scored 213 runs. Quinton de Kock played a stormy innings of 90 runs with fours and sixes. Among the Indian bowlers, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah were badly beaten, while in the death overs, the bats of David Miller and Donovan Ferreira roared. This is the highest score made by any team in T20 International cricket in the stadium of Mullanpur.

In this match, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl first. Quinton de Kock started swinging the bat from the beginning, but Reeza Hendricks was out early. There was a partnership of 83 runs between De Kock and Aiden Markram, which made the Indian bowlers cry a lot. Dewald Brevis did hit 2 boundaries, but was out after scoring 14 runs.

Quinton de Kock was moving towards the second century of his T20 career, but was run out at the score of 90 runs. The rest of the work was completed by David Miller and Donovan Ferreira in the last overs.

49 runs scored in last 3 overs

By 17 overs, the South African team had scored 164 runs and it was looking very difficult for them to reach the score of 200. But David Miller and Donovan Ferreira scored 49 runs in the last 3 overs. As a result, South Africa’s innings ended at 213 runs. Miller scored 20 runs in 12 balls and Ferreira scored 30 runs in 16 balls.

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Quinton De Kock has become the batsman to score joint highest 50 plus runs in T20 against India. For the 5th time he played an inning of more than 50 runs against India, apart from him Nicholas Pooran and Jos Buttler have done this. Although De Kock did this in less innings than both of them.

India vs South Africa 2nd T20 is being played at Maharaj Yadvinder Singh PCA Stadium. India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Quinton de Kock along with Reza Hendricks made a partnership of 38 runs for the first wicket, after which he made a partnership of 83 runs for the second wicket with Aiden Markram. Meanwhile, he scored his half-century.

Highest score of 50 plus runs against India in T20

• 5- Nicholas Pooran, West Indies (20th innings)
• 5- Jos Buttler, England (24th innings)
• 5- Quinton de Kock, South Africa (12th innings)

Quinton de Kock played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in the second T20, although he missed his century. De Kock went ahead to take a run after cutting the first ball of the 16th over bowled by Varun Chakraborty, but wicket keeper Jitesh Sharma quickly caught the ball and hit it on the stump. De Kock scored 90 runs in 46 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 5 fours.

India is ahead 1-0

Had registered a spectacular victory in the first T20 played in Cuttack, India. Batting first in that match, India had scored 175 runs. On the basis of excellent bowling, Team India had bundled out the visiting team for 74 runs. India registered a big win by 101 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. The second T20 is being played today.

India’s playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicket keeper), Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa’s playing 11

Quinton de Kock, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Janssen, Lutho Sipamala, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Baartman.

IPL 2026 Auction: A big update has come out just before the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2026. While releasing the final auction list, BCCI has deleted the names of 1,005 players. Now only 350 players will be available for auction. In which a big surprise name is also included, that of South Africa’s legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock.

Return of star player created a stir

Quinton de Kock has recently withdrawn his retirement from international cricket. A demand to include him in the auction list was made by a franchisee. After scoring a explosive century in the third ODI played against India in Visakhapatnam, De Kock changed his mind and decided to take part in the auction. This time he has kept his base price at Rs 1 crore, which is half of the previous mega auction. Knight Riders included him in their team at a base price of Rs 2 crore.

35 new players were added, many were removed

BCCI included 35 new players in the final list of the auction, who were not registered earlier. These include names like Sri Lanka’s Triven Mathew, Binura Fernando, Kusal Perera, Dunit Velalge, Afghanistan’s Arab Gul and West Indies’ Akeem Auguste.

At the same time, more than 20 names of Indian players including Sadek Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sagar Solanki, Parikshit Valsangkar and Ijaz Sawaria have been suddenly added to the list.

BCCI also shared the complete plan of the auction

The auction will begin at 2:30 PM (IST) on December 16 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The first round will be of capped players, in which order will be,

Batsman – Allrounder – Wicketkeeper/Batsman – Fast Bowler – Spinner

After this the turn of uncapped players will come.

New players included in the final list of the auction

foreign players

Arab Gul (Afghanistan), Miles Hammond (England), Dan Lategan (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Connor Esterhuizen (South Africa), George Linde (South Africa), Bayanda Majola (South Africa), Traveen Mathews (Sri Lanka), Binura Fernando (Sri Lanka), Kusal Perera (Sri Lanka), Dunith Wellage. (Sri Lanka), Akeem Auguste (West Indies)

Indian player

Sadiq Hussain, Vishnu Solanki, Sabir Khan, Brijesh Sharma, Kanishk Chauhan, Aaron George, Jikku Bright, Srihari Nair, Madhav Bajaj, Srivatsa Acharya, Yashraj Punja, Sahil Parakh, Roshan Waghsare, Yash Dicholkar, Ayaz Khan, Dhurmil Matkar, Naman Pushpak, Parikshit Valsangkar, Purav Agarwal, Rishabh Chauhan, Sagar Solanki, Ejaz Sawaria, Aman Shekhawat

The decisive match of the three-match ODI series is being played between India and South Africa at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. In the third ODI, the South African team could score only 270 runs. However, at one time South Africa’s score was 168 runs for 2 wickets. Quinton de Kock also played a record century inning of 106 runs, but the team was all out for 260. Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly for India. This Chinaman spinner took 4 important wickets for just 41 runs with one maiden in 10 overs. The famous Krishna also got 4 successes.

Now to win the ODI series, Team India will have to score 271 runs. Looking at the way the Indian batsmen have batted in the first two ODIs, it would not be wrong to say that Team India will win the series. However, the fast bowlers are getting good bounce from the pitch. Still, after getting set, it is not difficult to score runs here.

Such was South Africa’s innings

Earlier, South Africa, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Opener Ryan Rickleton was out for zero. Arshdeep Singh sent him to the pavilion. After this there was a century partnership between Temba Bavuma and De Kock. Bavuma was out after scoring 48 runs in 67 balls with the help of five fours. He was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. This was Jadeja’s first wicket in this series.

After Bavuma’s dismissal, no South African batsman supported De Kock. Matthew Britzke was out after scoring 24 runs in 23 balls, Aiden Markram 01, Dewald Brewis was out after scoring 29 runs in 29 balls. De Kock hit 8 fours and 6 sixes in his innings of 106 runs off 89 balls.

Marco Yansen was out after scoring 17 runs in 15 balls. Keshav Maharaj batted carefully and the team’s score was respectable. He remained unbeaten on 20 runs with the help of two fours in 29 balls.