The National's Sport cover for the Monday, February 23 issue, featuring India's cricket team as they hammered South Africa at the 2015 Cricket World Cup on Sunday.
Covering the match for The National from Melbourne, Dileep Premachandran writes doubts about India's fielding excellence will be quieted, "as two run-outs at pivotal moments sent (South Africa) tumbling to what AB de Villiers, their captain, later called an 'embarrassing' 130-run defeat".
Adds Premachandran:
“Buoyed by an emphatic win against Pakistan in their opening game, India were pretty much perfect against one of the pre-tournament favourites.
“The contrast with their form in the triangular series against Australia and England [three losses and a no-result] that preceded the World Cup could not have been more stark.”
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