Jemimah Rodrigues Sends India To Final

The CSA T20 Challenge resumed on November 1 at Kingsmead with Dolphins hosting KwaZulu‑Natal Inland; struggling Dolphins will lean on Marques Ackerman and leading wicket‑taker Okhule Cele, while KZN Inland look to bowlers Wayne Parnell, Ziyaad Abrahams and Hardus Viljoen for a turnaround. The first T20I between India and Australia in Canberra was abandoned by rain with India 97/1 (Shubman Gill 37*, Suryakumar Yadav 39*), and attention turns to a sell‑out second T20I at the MCG where early showers are possible but conditions should improve. India will back its spin options (Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav) and take encouragement from Suryakumar’s form; Australia faces squad adjustments with Matthew Short unavailable, Glenn Maxwell expected later, and Josh Hazlewood set to play ahead of the Ashes. In the Women's World Cup semifinal, Jemimah Rodrigues struck an unbeaten 127 to chase Australia’s 338 — the highest successful chase in women’s ODI history — sending India into the final against South Africa. South Africa’s women remain vulnerable to quality spin, a weakness England had planned to exploit, while Pakistan prepare to try to bounce back in the second men’s T20I against South Africa at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, likely with an unchanged XI.