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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicIndia vs South Africa

Topic: India vs South Africa

Temba Bavuma is South Africa’s bulwark. He flipped the script on India

The man Indian cricketers mocked for his height has taken South Africa to new heights in the longest format.

Chopping, changing & chasing illusions—Gambhir’s fixations laid bare as India’s Test aura fades

For 12 years, India didn't lose a home Test series. That ended in 2024 with 0–3 loss to NZ. Now a 0–2 drubbing by South Africa raises serious questions about Gambhir’s coaching.

Temba Bavuma’s racial humiliation at Eden Gardens stains India’s anti-apartheid legacy

Temba Bavuma highlighted the irony of facing racism in India, a brown-skinned nation that had stood firmly against apartheid. If there was ever a figurative slap in the face, this was it.

IND vs SA: Proteas to 154/8 as Bumrah, Siraj, Kuldeep dismantle middle order in 2nd session

South Africa began the second session at 104/3 with Mulder (22) and de Zorzi (15) unbeaten. Kuldeep Yadav struck early, trapping Mulder LBW for 24 to make it 114/4 in 29.5 overs.

At the stroke of midnight, women in blue script history—India beat South Africa to clinch 1st World Cup

Indian women's cricket team clinch their maiden World Cup title by beating South Africa by 52 runs in a nail-biting final at Navi Mumbai's D. Y. Patil Sports Academy.

T20 WC win is a turning point for Indian cricket—now begins the end of Rohit-Kohli era

Heartbreaks, anger, blame game, pressure, efforts, and sacrifices—that has been the story of Indian cricket over the past 13 years. Let's just hope any future interregnum doesn’t last this long.

After selfie with Suryakumar peeves Indian cricket fans, MBA Chaiwala founder goes on reverse-jinx spree

Prafull Billore has been superimposing himself in pictures of the South African cricket team to bring down their chances in the T20 WC final.

Ind-SA Test was shortest ever. Bad pitch, missing focus to blame? It may just have been Bazball

Indian speedsters bowled their hearts out & avoided a potential 0-2 scoreline, even as batsmen's inability to play on bouncy pitches is exposed yet again.

India win by 7 wickets in record-breaking test match against South Africa

Match was completed in 642 balls, making it the shortest ever Test in which there has been a winner, beating Australia’s 656-ball victory over South Africa in 1932.

On Camera

DKS-Siddaramaiah breakfast to Renuka Chowdhury’s dog—Indian politicians won’t stop the drama

On Monday, Modi delivered an aggressive speech, which TV news pounced upon with relish, sensing a good fight ahead—‘PM tears into Opposition’, ‘belt treatment', 'big attack'.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.