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A Defeat Too Loud To Ignore: Indian Test Cricket Faces Its Moment Of Reckoning
Coach Gautam Gambhir: By the end of a bruising Test series, it wasn’t just the scoreboard that told the story; it was the silence of disbelief echoing across Indian cricket.
"Time is the only healer" may sound comforting, but for the current Indian Test side, time feels more like a ticking clock. A back-to-back series loss, capped by a humiliating defeat at home, has left nowhere to hide. The wounds are fresh, the questions louder, and the scrutiny unforgiving.
South Africa's 2–0 sweep was not just historic; it was ruthless. The visitors etched their names into the record books with a 408-run demolition in the second Test, India’s heaviest defeat in the format. It marked only the Proteas’ second-ever Test series win on Indian soil, and their first since 2000, making the result all the more damning for the hosts.
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