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Sport
P.K. Ajith Kumar

India in South Africa | India desperate to bounce back; looks to improve standing in WTC points table

Table Mountain looks majestically down on Cape Town.

The flat-topped mountain lends a stunning backdrop to this gorgeous city, caressed by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, on the West Coast of South Africa. On the foothills of the mountain lies the Newlands Cricket Ground, one of the world’s most beautiful sporting venues.

Even as the Indian and South African cricketers practised under a blazing sun on January 2, they may well have paused for a moment, to take in the beauty of the ground, the surroundings. Quite a number of people had gathered at the venue, including a trio of Bangladeshi immigrants, one of whom swears only by Virender Sehwag, but he would do with Rohit Sharma for the time being.

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