A heroic 77-ball 94 from Richa Ghosh went in vain as Nadine de Klerk’s unbeaten 84 guided South Africa Women to a thrilling three-wicket victory over India in their ICC Women’s World Cup encounter on Thursday.

India have played a total of 596 Tests since their Test debut in 1932. Out of those 596, India won 185 Tests while losing 186 Tests to carry a win/loss ratio of 0.994

Pakistan beat South Africa by 93 runs in the WTC opener. Noman Ali starred with 10 wickets, and Pakistan climbs to second in the points table.

Pakistan stunned world champions South Africa by 93 runs in the first Test, ending their 10-match winning streak. Noman Ali's spin wizardry, taking 10 wickets, and Shaheen Afridi's pace proved too much for the Proteas.

India suffered its second straight loss in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, falling to Australia by three wickets in Visakhapatnam. Despite the setback, India is still in the hunt for semi final spot,

India continued their dominance over the West Indies as they swept them 2-0 in the home series after their Delhi win. India have now gone past South Africa in a historic list of a record after their victory at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

India national cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir emphasises domestic match practice over skill training at the Centre of Excellence ahead of the South Africa Test series

No disrespect to Bangladesh, where South Africa won their first series in the subcontinent in a decade last year and regarded it as their turning point in the WTC campaign, but critics wanted them to take on sterner challenges. The early results in Pakistan are less terrible than they could have been.

Pakistan will be up against South Africa in a two-match Test series, which marks the commencement of the respective campaigns for both teams in the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. South Africa are the Test champions and will be keen to begin the new cycle on a winning note.