Confusion Around The New Ball In India vs South Africa Test And More News

There was some confusion on the field ahead of the start of the South African second innings in the 1st Test match at Centurion. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was having the new ball in his hand but did not seem to be all that happy.

The Indian cricketers also gathered around the umpires and were seen talking to them. Apparently, the ball was not the same one that the Indian players had picked at the start of the South African second innings.

The 4th umpire then came out with a ball box and the Indian players then picked their new ball ahead of the South African innings. Play was halted for a few minutes due to this incident.

The swashbuckling opener Prithvi Shaw has been appointed as the captain of Mumbai for the first two matches of the upcoming Ranji Trophy season on Wednesday, December 29. Mumbai who has won the high-profile tournament on 41 occasions is placed in Elite nine-team Group C along with Karnataka, Delhi, Hyderabad, Maharashtra, and Uttarakhand.

Mumbai will play their opening fixture of the mega event on January 13 against Maharashtra. The team will then lock horns with Delhi on January 20 in Kolkata. Opening up about Shaw’s appointment, Mumbai chief selector Salil Ankola heaped praises on the batter.

“Prithvi is a brilliant captain and fantabulous opening batsman, what else you need,” Mumbai chief selector Salil Ankola told.

Back in the month of March, Shaw had led the Mumbai side to glory in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He also exuded his sheer flair with the willow piling up 827 runs from eight matches at an incredible average of 165.50 which included as many as four centuries. Thus, the batter will be all keen to dominate the proceedings in this tournament as well.

Young opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal middle-order batters Sarfaraz Khan, Arman Jaffer Aakarshit Gomel, and keeper batter Aditya Tare have made it to the 20 member squad. The selection committee comprising of Gulam Parkar,

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