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South African spinner Simon Harmer in action. (EXPRESS PHOTO by Partha Paul)

‘Umami’ to off-spin: The unique India link behind Simon Harmer’s match-winning spell in Kolkata Test

November 17, 2025 8:42 pm

The offspinner, who ripped the heart out of India’s batting in Kolkata, was trained by Umesh Patwal, who had made him unlearn everything he knew about spin over ten days in Mumbai in 2016

South Africa off-spinner Simon Harmer in action in the Kolkata Test against India at Eden Gardens. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

Simon Harmer kept it simple: In scripting South Africa’s famous win over India, and in rediscovering himself to make Test comeback

November 17, 2025 8:31 pm

After seven-year absence from SA’s Test side, offspinner went back to basics to return to fold, picking up 40 wickets in his last eight games.

In both innings at Eden Gardens, India's Ravindra Jadeja fell leg before the wicket to Harmer. Both times, he was guilty of playing with the bat behind the pad. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

How Kolkata pitch exposed Indian batsmen’s weakness of skill and temperament

November 17, 2025 6:39 pm

Imprudent shot selection, flawed judgment, and clumsy execution of strokes, both attacking and defensive, co-conspired in the Eden batting murder mystery

R Ashwin on Eden Gardens pitch: (LEFT) South Africa captain Temba Bavuma and Sourav Ganguly inspect the Eden Gardens pitch before the start of the Kolkata Test; (RIGHT) India skipper Shubman Gill takes a closer look at the 22-yard strip. (Express photos by Partha Paul)

'Eden Gardens pitch not a turner': Ravichandran Ashwin reacts to India’s 30-run loss to South Africa in Kolkata Test

November 16, 2025 8:22 pm

Ravichandran Ashwin said that one could not give a turning pitch at the Eden Gardens, and if that was the case, then one would get a wicket similar to the India-South Africa first Test

(LEFT) South Africa captain Temba Bavuma and Sourav Ganguly inspect the Eden Gardens pitch before the start of the Kolkata Test; (RIGHT) Bavuma at a press conference at Eden Gardens. (Express photos by Partha Paul)

Temba Bavuma: 'Spin-wise, track was little bit on extreme side....tricky to trust bounce... some balls bounced nicely, others were squatting'

November 16, 2025 6:25 pm

South African skipper says he's never played a Day 4 or 5 of a Test match in India for it's just how pitches have been, and arrived knowing the Indians would offer a spinning track, so nothing was unexpected

South African spinner Simon Harmer appealing for a wicket in Kolkata against India. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

Dale Steyn counters Gambhir's Eden Gardens pitch defence: 'Any Test that finishes in 3 days has demons in it, for sure'

November 16, 2025 4:32 pm

Steyn pointed to Washington Sundar and South African skipper Temba Bavuma as the most solid batters on display.

South Africa defeated India by 30 runs in Kolkata Test. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

India vs South Africa highlights, 1st Test Day 3 Updates: SA beat IND by 30 runs in Kolkata

November 16, 2025 7:01 pm

India (IND) vs South Africa (SA) highlights, 1st Test Match Day 3 Updates: Earlier in the Test South African skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bat first against Shubman Gill's India in the first of the two match Test series

India captain Shubman Gill reacts after his injury on day 2 of the Kolkata Test. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

Shubman Gill hospitalised with neck spasm, doubtful for remainder of series

November 16, 2025 7:59 am

Live visuals showed the India captain looking pretty stiff and holding his neck as he walked off the field as wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant replaced him in the middle.

Ravindra Jadeja picked four wickets in second innings against South Africa in Kolkata Test. (PHOTO: BCCI)

India vs South Africa, 1st Test: Ravindra Jadeja’s four-wicket burst gives hosts slight edge after chaotic day at Eden Gardens

November 15, 2025 9:38 pm

India, after eking out a 30-run lead, valuable in the context of the low-scoring affair, and then twisting the knife on South Africa, reeling on the mat at 93 for 7, would feel a sense of ascendancy.

A match that bubbled with excitement and possessed the ingredients to thrill was held hostage by an abominable pitch. (PHOTO: BCCI)

India vs South Africa: Poor pitch reduces Test to a farce in Kolkata

November 15, 2025 7:02 pm

No batsman, 29 strode in and out, managed to touch 40; 26 wickets fell in two days as the horror track stripped the game of its soul

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Ind vs SA 4th T20I: Karthik, Avesh help India level series

June 17, 2022 10:38 pm

Dinesh Karthik's maiden T20I 50 and Avesh Khan's 4 wickets guide India home.

IND vs SA: Henrich fifty gives Proteas solid 2-0 lead

June 13, 2022 11:51 am

Comeback man Heinrich Klaasen followed Rassie Van der Dussen's suit in turning out to be an unlikely hero with a career-best 81 as South Africa once again outwitted India by four wickets on a tricky pitch to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series here on Sunday.

Proteas stage incredible comeback to win Cape Town Test and seal series 2-1

January 14, 2022 9:53 pm

South Africa beat India by seven wickets in the third and final Test at Cape Town to clinch three-match series 2-1.

In Pics: South Africa skipper Dean Elgar guides team to victory against India

January 07, 2022 9:04 am

Dean Elgar defied a hostile Indian attack and body blows from balls that struck him on a difficult pitch to deliver a match-winning performance as he led a successful 240-run chase, fittingly hitting a boundary to secure the victory.