After going seven down for 93 on day 2, South Africa’s only beacon of hope in Kolkata was their World Champion captain, Temba Bavuma. Being addressed as a ‘bauna’ (a dwarf) by ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah may not have affected him, but his heroics on Sunday dwarfed India’s confidence.

The visitors, who looked in control till Saturday evening, were robbed by the visitors from the rainbow nation. Bavuma’s spirited South Africa registered a stunning 30-run win, a victory after 15 years, wrapping the first Tests at Eden Gardens in 8 sessions.

The onlookers may blame the pitch and the demons in it, which came out much earlier than predicted, on the second day itself, to haunt both teams. But what the chief curator Sujan Mukherjee had predicted earlier, “The batter who shows intent will succ

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