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Monday, January 26, 2026
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

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.