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.

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.

Preparations for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2026 have started. The IPL 2026 auction will be held in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. This time, 1390 players from all over the world had registered for the auction, out of which 350 players have been shortlisted for the mini auction. This also includes Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith, who remained unsold in last season’s mega auction.

240 Indian and 110 foreign players shortlisted for IPL 2026 auction

A total of 350 cricketers will be auctioned in the auction to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 16, which includes 240 Indian and 110 foreign players. The name of South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock has also been included in the final list. De Kock has recently returned from retirement to limited overs cricket. His base price is Rs 1 crore. Australian batsman Steve Smith is also included in this list, whose base price is Rs 2 crore. Smith last played in IPL in 2021.

According to the press release of IPL, a total of 1390 players had registered for the player auction, which was later reduced to 1005. A list of the final 350 players has been prepared from among these players. Out of these 350 players, the 10 franchise teams of IPL will be able to buy a maximum of 77 players in the auction.

India’s Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan included in the first set

The first set in the IPL 2026 auction includes India’s Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan. Both of them have kept their base price at Rs 75 lakh. Shaw played in the IPL from 2018 to 2024, but he did not find any buyer in the last auction. Sarfaraz has not played in this tournament since 2021.

Apart from two Australian players Cameron Green and Jake Fraser McGurk, former New Zealand and Chennai Super Kings opener Devon Conway and South Africa’s David Miller are also included in the list shared by the IPL. The base price of each of these is Rs 2 crore.

Cameron Green can be sold at the most expensive

All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, released by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has kept his base price at Rs 2 crore. Kunal Chandela and Ashok Kumar, who performed impressively in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, are also included in the final list of the auction.

Three-time winners KKR will enter the auction with the highest amount of Rs 64.3 crore. After that comes five-time champion Chennai Super Kings, who have Rs 43.4 crore left. Sunrisers Hyderabad, which has won the IPL title once, is at third place in this list with Rs 25.5 crore.

The final list of the auction includes 21 players from England. These include wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith, fast bowler Gus Atkinson, Liam Livingstone and Test opener Ben Duckett. There is a possibility of a big bid on Cameron Green in this auction. A total of 19 players from Australia are included in the list. Apart from Green, other prominent names are Josh Inglis, Matthew Short, Cooper Connolly and Beau Webster.

Know how many players from which country are included in the auction

15 players from South Africa are part of the auction list. Along with De Kock and Miller, fast bowlers Enrique Norkia, Lungi Ngidi, Gerald Coetzee and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder are also included. The nine West Indies players who made it to the auction list include fast bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph, Akeem Auguste, Shai Hope and Roston Chase.

The 12 Sri Lankan players who have made it to the auction list include Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellalej, Mahesh Theekshana, Traveen Mathew, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera. 16 players from New Zealand and 10 from Afghanistan have got a place in the auction list. New Zealand players also include Rachin Ravindra, who was released by Chennai Super Kings. Afghanistan players also include Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Naveen Ul Haq.

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

India Vs South Africa ODI Series 2025: The second match of the ongoing 3-match ODI series between India and South Africa was played on Wednesday i.e. December 3, 2025 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. In this match, the Indian team had to face defeat by 4 wickets, but the entire match was in the name of Virat Kohli. First, Virat played a brilliant inning of 102 runs in 93 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. After this, when Team India came on the ground for fielding, Kohli was seen entertaining the 65 thousand spectators present in the stadium. Now his celebration is going viral on social media.

Virat did a fun celebration when De Kock was out

The South African team, which came on the field to chase Team India’s huge target of 359 runs, had a bad start. During this, South Africa’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman became the victim of Arshdeep Singh in the fifth over. After scoring 8 runs in 10 balls, De Kock was caught in the air by Washington Sundar standing at mid-on within 30 yards. As soon as Sundar completed the catch, the camera focused on Virat Kohli, and Virat’s fun-filled celebration was captured on TV.

surprise at 0:12

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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) December 3, 2025

Why is Virat’s celebration going viral?

Virat Kohli did the famous ‘Baba Ji Ka Thullu’ pose by making his hands like a snake. Comedian Kapil Sharma has often used such gestures to make people laugh. He himself has made this gesture famous.

Virat scored 53rd century in ODI

Team India’s veteran batsman Virat Kohli scored the 53rd century of his ODI career against South Africa in Raipur ODI. Virat holds the record for scoring most centuries in any one format of international cricket. Whereas Virat had achieved this position by leaving behind the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar in Ranchi ODI.

IND vs SA ODI: The spectators always get a thrill in the ODI match played between India and South Africa. Players of both the teams have played many memorable innings in the match. Big batsmen from both India and South Africa have scored many centuries in these matches. Let us know who is on top in terms of scoring centuries in both the teams.

Virat Kohli – India

Virat Kohli has secured the number 1 position in this list by scoring 1741 runs in 33 matches played between 2010 and 2025 and scoring 7 centuries. An average of 69.64 and an unbeaten inning of 160 runs show that Kohli is one of the best performers in the India-South Africa matches. Strike rate 88.51 and 8 half-centuries prove his level and consistency.

Quinton de Kock – South Africa

Former South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock is at second place in this list after scoring 1085 runs in 22 matches played between 2013 and 2025. 6 centuries, an average of 49.31 and the highest innings of 135 runs show that De Kock is always in a different rhythm against India. His strike rate was 91.25, which shows his constant aggression in the ODI format.

AB de Villiers – South Africa

Great South African batsman AB de Villiers scored 1357 runs in 32 matches, which included 6 centuries. Although he stands at par with Kohli and De Kock, his strike rate of 111.13 puts him in a different category. Cricket fans still remember his explosive inning of 119 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar – India

From 1991 to 2011, Tendulkar scored 5 centuries against South Africa and scored a total of 2001 runs. His historic score of 200 not out is the highest individual score in this list. An average of 35.73 in 57 matches shows that he always showed determination in front of a strong bowling attack.

Gary Kirsten – South Africa

Former legendary South African player Gary Kirsten is also included in this special list. He scored 4 centuries in 26 matches and scored 1377 runs. His average of 62.59 shows how reliable a player he was for his team in big matches.

Most Runs For India Vs South Africa In ODIs: The 3-match ODI series between India and South Africa is starting from 30th November, the first match of which will be played in Ranchi and the second match in Raipur. The last match of the series will be held on 6 December 2025 in Visakhapatnam. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has scored the most runs in ODI against India. Here we are going to tell you who are the top-5 South African batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against India?

South African batsman who scored the most runs in ODIs

1. Jacques Kallis – 1535 runs

Former great all-rounder Jacques Kallis is at number one in the list of top-5 South African batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against India. In his career, Kallis scored 1535 runs in 37 ODI matches against India at an average of 61.40, which included 2 centuries and 11 half-centuries in his name.

2. Gary Kirsten – 1377 runs

Former opener Gary Kirsten is at second place in the list of South African batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against India. Kirsten played 26 ODI matches against India in her career, in which she scored 1377 runs at an average of 62.59 with the help of 4 centuries and 9 half-centuries.

3. AB de Villiers – 1357 runs

Former explosive batsman AB de Villiers is third in the list of South African batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against India. In his career, De Villiers scored 1357 runs in 32 ODI matches against India at an average of 48.46, which included 6 centuries and 5 half-centuries in his name.

4. Quinton de Kock – 1077 runs

Wicketkeeper batsman Quinton de Kock is at fourth place in the list of South African batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against India. De Kock has so far played 20 ODI matches against India, in which he has scored 1077 runs at an average of 53.85 with the help of 6 centuries and 2 half-centuries.

5. Herschelle Gibbs – 1064 runs

Former explosive opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs is fifth in the list of South African batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODIs against India. In his career, Gibbs scored 1064 runs in 30 ODI matches against India at an average of 44.33, which included 2 centuries and 5 half-centuries in his name.