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Captain Virat Kohli described Saturday's 63-run win over South Africa in the third and final Test at the Wanderers as "a massive milestone" for Indian cricket.

India's dramatic win over South Africa in the third and final Test here helped Virat Kohli and co to retain the ICC Test Championship mace and win an award of $1 million.

India on Saturday benefited from the new rule allowing a substitute to keep wickets when Dinesh Karthik donned the gloves in place of an injured Parthiv Patel on day four of the third Test against South Africa.

India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday heaped praise on the bowlers, describing their performance as the biggest positive that has come out of the three-match Test series against South Africa.

Shehan Madushanka became the fourth bowler in history to claim a hat-trick on debut as Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 79 runs to win the tri-nation one-day international tournament in Dhaka on Saturday.

Reputation counts for little, it was evident on day one of the IPL auction with heavyweights such as Chris Gayle going unsold alongside England captain Joe Root while Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh were bought only at their base price.

Ind vs SA 2018: Follow all the live updates and ball-by-ball commentary from Day 4 of the third Test between India and South Africa on Times of India

Austrian Oliver Marach and Croatia's Mate Pavic captured the Australian Open men's doubles crown with a clinical 6-4, 6-4 win over Colombian duo Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

England allrounder Ben Stokes was the biggest purchase on day one of the 2018 IPL auction in Bengaluru, finding his second Indian franchise in Rajasthan Royals who forked out Rs 12.5 crore for his services.

India denied South Africa a clean sweep, winning the third and the final Test at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 63 runs, riding on a late burst by the Indian bowlers led by Mohammed Shami on Day 4.

Hashim Amla and Dean Elgar struck fifties each to put South Africa in control before India came back with two quick strikes to leave them 136/3 just before tea on Day 4 of the third Test in Johannesburg.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he is "still handsome" after his face was left covered in blood from being kicked in the face against Deportivo La Coruna last week and declared he wants to remain at Real Madrid despite reports that he is unhappy in Spain.

The big splurge from the first set of uncapped allrounders on day one of the 2018 IPL player auction was the re-purchase of Krunal Pandya by Mumbai Indians for a whopping Rs 8.8 crore.

Ind vs SA 2018: Follow all the live updates and ball-by-ball commentary from Day 4 of the third Test between India and South Africa on Times of India

Caroline Wozniacki claimed her maiden Grand Slam title with a 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4 win over top seed Simona Halep in the Australian Open final on Saturday.

Rahul Tripathi and Suryakumar Yadav have earned the fattest paycheques from the pool of uncapped batsmen on day one of the 2018 IPL auction in Bengaluru, followed by teenage sensation Prithvi Shaw who despite having not played Twenty20 cricket has earned more than proven IPL performers Manan Vohra and Mayank Agarwal.

Dean Elgar and Hashim Amla made a solid start after the play resumed an hour late on Day 4 of the third Test between South Africa and India at Johannesburg on Saturday. SA were 69/1, still needing 172 more to win.

Even by Roger Federer's standards his path to a 30th Grand Slam final has been a breeze but things are about to hot up as Croatian Marin Cilic prepares to try to stop the Swiss claiming a sixth Australian Open title on Sunday.

That legspin remains a hot commodity in Twenty20 cricket was once again underlined during day one of the 2018 IPL auction in Bengaluru, when the Afghanistan superstar Rashid Khan won a bumper paycheque of Rs 9 crore from Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Ind vs SA 2018: Follow all the live updates and ball-by-ball commentary from Day 4 of the third Test between India and South Africa on Times of India

Australian quick Pat Cummins went to defending champions Mumbai Indians for Rs 5.4 crore from a base price of Rs 2 crore.

Sanju Samson's stock as a wicketkeeper-batsman has soared on day one of the 2018 IPL auction in Bengaluru, with the returning Rajasthan Royals forking out Rs 8 crore for his services for the 11th season of the league starting April 7.

Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal brushed aside Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in straight games to enter the Indonesia Masters women's singles final on Saturday.

England's in-form Chris Woakes and India's Kedar Jadhav came out on top of the first set of capped allrounders during day one of the 2018 IPL auction in Bengaluru, going for hefty pay checks, while arguably the steal deal of the day came in the form of New Zealand allrounder Colin Munro going to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1.9 crore from a base price of 50 lakh.