Some things are certain. Such as the rain in monsoon, the melody in an A.R. Rahman album, the rise of Indian chess... and South Africa’s exit from a cricket World Cup.
Temba Bavuma’s men on Thursday night kept South Africa’s reputation intact, with the three-wicket defeat to Australia in the semifinal at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. When Gerald Coetzee cleaned up the stubborn Josh Inglis, South Africa must have hoped to beat history, though Australia now needed only 20 with three wickets in hand. At this World Cup, Pat Cummins is proving to be Australia’s wall in the lower-order; along with Mitchell Starc, the skipper took the team home.
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