TOP STORIES

Why is Heinrich Klaasen not playing in SA’s Champions Trophy opener against Afghanistan?

Friday, 21-Feb-2025
News

South Africa’s remarkably powerful batter Heinrich Klaasen was ruled out of South Africa Champions Trophy opener against Afghanistan on Friday in Karachi due to an injury.

According to reports, Heinrich Klassen has been left out of South Africa playing XI for the match against Afghanistan as a precautionary measure due to a left elbow soft tissue injury. Ryan Rickelton has been added to the playing XI as a wicketkeeper. Meanwhile, SA skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and chose to bat. There has not been any official confirmation so far. 

SA Playing XI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.

 

 

 

Tags

More News

News

IPL adds 120 extra minutes for league games to tackle rain Interruptions

19 sec ago

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has announced an extension of 120 minutes to the scheduled time of the remaining nine matches in the league stage. Now, all the remaining IPL games will have an extra 120 minutes to complete a full 20-over match. The decision has been taken to deal with the likelihood of rain interruptions during matches. Earlier, the timing used to be just ...


News

Rajasthan Royals sign off IPL 2025 campaign with commanding win over CSK

10 hrs ago

Rajasthan Royals ended their IPL 2025 campaign on a high note, securing a commanding six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their final league game on Tuesday in Delhi. Despite being out of contention for the playoffs, RR came out all guns blazing to claim a consolation victory.

Chasing a solid target of 188, RR openers laid a solid foundation. Ya...


News

MI sign Jonny Bairstow, Richard Gleeson and Charith Asalanka as replacements for IPL playoffs

20 hrs ago

Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed Jonny Bairstow, Richard Gleeson and Charith Asalanka as temporary replacements for Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton and Corbin Bosch. Bairstow will join MI at a price of INR 5.25 crore, while pacer Gleeson has been roped in at a reserve price of INR 1 crore. Meanw...


News

Digvesh Rathi punished, handed one-match suspension

21 hrs ago

Lucknow Super Giants’ bowler Digvesh Rathi has been suspended for a match along with a 50 percent fine of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during LSG’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Monday. Rathi has received the suspension and fine following his o...


News

Abhsiehk Sharma opens up on his verbal spat with Digvesh Rathi

21 hrs ago

Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Abhishek Sharma has opened up on his verbal spat with Lucknow Super Giants’ bowler Digvesh Rathi. The tension began when Digvesh Rathi celebrated Abhishek’s dismissal in his signature notebook celebration, which didn’t go well with Sharma, who was left agitated and traded barbs with ...