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Simon Taufel has stated that MS Dhoni has one of the finest cricketing brains in the world while going gaga over his sense of humour and relaxedness in the face of every adversity. Taufel further added Darren Lehmann and Shane Warne alongside Dhoni as the three finest thinking cricketers.

After South African players pulled out of the CPL 2020, Graeme Smith has stated that the IPL is a priority plan for them with the hint that all the contracted players will be flying to the UAE for the league. Meanwhile, Cricket South Africa have postponed their tour of West Indies and Sri Lanka.

Veteran South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who was born in Lahore and spent a chunk of his career playing in Pakistan, admitted that he was disappointed to not have played an international game for his country of birth. Tahir, 41, has played a total of 165 international games for South Africa.

The BCCI has asked Star India to choose from the two options of broadcasting an India-South Africa series in the UAE or a longer Indian Premier League to reduce the afternoon matches. Reportedly, the value of SA's bilateral rights can be seen at 30% of BCCI's rights value for bilateral cricket.