Christiaan Jonker

The Cape Cobras have the confidence of three successive wins to maintain their challenge for the play-off section of the Momentum One-Day Cup when they play the Chevrolet Warriors.

Indian team's baptism by fire during the tour of South Africa augurs well for the tougher assignments against England and Australia later this year, feels pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

South Africa coach Ottis Gibson said India's experience in the bowling department was the main difference between the two sides as Virat Kohli's men clinched the T20 International series 2-1 with a thrilling seven-run victory in the third and final game here.

The weather has created a fascinating end to the round robin stage of the Momentum One-Day Cup after the match between the bizhub Highveld Lions and the Chevrolet Warriors at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg was abandoned.

Test and One-day cricket done with, India and South Africa now gear up to play three T20 Internationals at Johannesburg, Centurion and Cape Town over the next one week, with the first of the three scheduled at the Wanderers on Sunday.

India prevailed by seven runs in thrilling final T20I.

The Chevrolet Warriors ended their disappointing Momentum One-Day Cup season on a high note with a 22-run win over the Sunfoil Dolphins at Buffalo Park.

Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje headline the list of players that have checked into the Cricket South Africa (CSA) T20 Challenge bio-secure environment (BSE) in Durban ahead of the competition kick-off on Friday. Rabada reported for duty together with most of the other players, barring those who participated in the three-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan, on Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept his calm and defended 19 runs in the final over as India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the third and final Twenty20 International at the Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday. With the thrilling victory, India won the three-match series 2-1.

On a high after the demolition of South Africa in the ODIs, an upbeat India will be aiming to tighten the noose around the beleaguered hosts when they square off in a three-match T20 series, starting on Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept his calm and defended 19 runs in the final over as India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the third and final Twenty20 International at the Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday.

Through this limited-overs' leg, South Africa have shown that they are more comfortable in the T20 setting, having won the rain-truncated Pink ODI as well as coming close while chasing 204 in the first match of this series, both at Wanderers.

A highly competitive 1-2 loss in the Tests, followed by a comprehensive 5-1 ODI triumph has made for quite a roller-coaster tour so far and the Indians would be aiming for a happy end to the long sojourn with a T20 victory.

The final list has been pruned from 799 players who registered their names for the auction. There are as many as 122 international players, including six players from Associate nations (five from Afghanistan and one from UAE).