In their first Super Eight encounter, the India ran into a relentless South Africa and were handed a crushing 76-run defeat. It was not merely a loss, but a dismantling.
Chasing the not so formidable yet a fighting South African total of 187 at Kolkata, India’s celebrated young batting order dissolved under pressure. Wickets fell, confidence drained, and the chase never truly began. Amid the ruins stood one defiant figure — Shivam Dube — whose fighting 42 was less a rescue and more a statement of resistance.
South Africa were clinical in every department. Their fast bowlers struck with authority, their spinners tightened the grip, and India’s famed batting line-up went up in smoke.
India now lie wounded.
But tournaments are not won without scars.
The question that lingers in the humid Kolkata air is this: can this young Indian side rise from the ground? Will they absorb the blow, steady themselves, and fight back? Or will the weight of expectation grow heavier, tightening its grip as the Super Eight journey continues?
The next match will not just test their skill.
It will test their character.
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