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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.

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.

Ngidi blows away India’s top order as South Africa win in final over — 5 key takeaways

The T20 World Cup match was another final over finish but with India on the losing side as South Africa chased down India’s modest target of 134 by 5 wickets with 2 balls to spare.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.