New Delhi: The Indian cricket team will play three Tests, seven ODIs and two Twenty20 matches during their tour of South Africa, slated to start at the end of this year. Cricket South Africa and the Indian Cricket Board were contemplating accommodating one more Test but things could not materialise as both boards decided to stick to ICC's Futures Tour Programme (FTP)
The Indian team will be short on Test cricket when they take on the world number one side, playing the first longer-version game since the 4-0 whitewash of the Australians at home in March. South Africa last played the format in February and will only meet Pakistan for two matches in the UAE before hosting India.
Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg or Centurion could be the three possible venues for the Test series. There is a possibility of the Boxing Day Test returning to Durban after it was cancelled previous season because CSA opted to play three festive T20s instead.
India drew their last Test series in South Africa 1-1 in 2010-11. The dates are expected to be announced later. ...
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08:21 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South African President Jacob Zuma "interacted on several occasions" during the BRICS summit in Durban though the two sides did not hold delegation-level talks, an official said in New Delhi on Wednesday. Seeking to refute reports that the Indian delegation failed to hold a separate meeting with Zuma, who held bilateral talks with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, a spokesperson of the Ministry...
03:18 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Beijing: The fifth BRICS summit has promoted unity among major emerging economies and injected fresh impetus into the cooperation mechanism, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. President Xi Jinping attended the summit, which brought together leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as part of his first overseas trip since assuming the presidency in March 2013. The meeting in Durban marked the first time that the...
04:58 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Durban: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived in South Africa on a four-day visit to attend the BRICS Summit that could launch a development bank for the five-nation grouping and discuss ways to reform governance in international financial institutions. The Prime Minister is leading a high-level delegation including Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon. He will also have an opportunity to...
08:27 PM, Mar 25, 2013
After nine straight pars on the front nine, Jeev had three birdies and one bogey on the back nine to finish at two-under 70 for the day and move to five-under 139 for 36 holes. ...
09:50 PM, Jan 11, 2013
The Kiwis scored a paltry 86 against South Africa in the first T20 with several batsmen throwing their wickets away. ...
01:06 PM, Dec 22, 2012
In the absence of star player Ross Taylor, New Zealand are under the pump against their superior opponents. ...
08:29 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Mbhalati and Thomas take three wickets each to bowl out the Aces for 113 in the 19th over and give Nashua Titans their second straight win. ...
03:49 PM, Oct 17, 2012
For over two years, 57-year-old TB Unnikrishan has been among the seven Indian sailors held by Somalian pirates. On September 28, 2010, their ship, Asphalt Venture, was hijacked while sailing from Kenya to Durban. ...
08:57 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Five years ago to the day, Yuvraj Singh etched his name into the record books with a stunning assault on Stuart Broad in Durban. ...
11:18 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: India will not sign any legally binding global agreement for emissions reduction, as the country needs to eradicate poverty through economic growth, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Tuesday. "There is no question of signing a legally binding agreement at this point of our development. We need to make sure that our development does not suffer," Natarajan said in Rajya Sabha. She was responding to clarifications on her...
02:42 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Toronto: Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Environment Minister Peter Kent said that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world. Canada, joined...
07:51 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Durban: In the wake of a week-long intense squabbling between India and the European Union (EU) at climate talks here, a top EU negotiator has clarified that developed nations do not want India to harm its economy but the country still needs to agree to a legally binding treaty. "We would never dream of asking India to harm its economy," EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said. "We fully recognise India's...
07:52 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: A package of documents was submitted to a marathon UN climate conference on Saturday that would set a new course for the global fight against climate change for decades to come. South Africa's foreign minister and chairman of the 194-party conference, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, told delegates that failure to agree after 13 days of work would be an unsustainable setback for international efforts to control greenhouse gases. "This multilateral system...
02:38 AM, Dec 11, 2011
Durban: India's argument that it has the right to develop as much as other developed nations has been included in the new draft at the Climate Change summit in Durban. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said that she was happy that India has managed to convince the other nations. "I am very happy that we have managed to convince our colleagues. Equity is something that's central to climate...
08:57 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Political analyst and activist Praful Bidwai talks about how the rich nations like US haven't met their pledges. ...
12:08 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Durban: Amid pressure on India to agree to a legally binding commitment to cut green house gas emission, New Delhi on Wednesday defended its policy, saying it had "a very small carbon footprint" and was implementing ambitious energy efficiency programmes. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, who is leading the Indian delegation at the 12-day talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, on Wednesday attempted to convince gathered...
11:22 PM, Dec 07, 2011
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It's that time of the year again. Yes, the end of the year, but the start of a another summit on climate change. This is ...
04:30 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Even as European Union has singled out India for being a deal-breaker, Kirit Parikh, a former negotiator and the current Chairman of the expert group of India's Low carbon strategy says that India is being painted as the devil due to lack of a good media outreach. ...
06:25 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Durban: The UN climate summit in Durban seems to have reached a deadlock. Sources told CNN-IBN that EU has blamed India for not being a deal maker as India continues to support the old treaty i.e. Kyoto Protocol that excludes developing countries like India and China from take up any binding commitments. 'If you want mangoes, you need to like a mango tree,' that's the message Africa gave to the...
11:14 PM, Dec 05, 2011
