The sun sets late in Cape Town.
At this time of the year, there is bright light till about 8 p.m. There was indeed plenty of sunshine on New Year’s Day throughout.
The Indian cricket team, which flew down from Johannesburg on Sunday, must be hoping the new year brings a change of fortune after the disappointment of the Centurion Test. Its finish was anticlimactic, in fact, as the visitors’ second innings proved a disaster.
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For a team that had arrived on these shores seeking to create history — wanting to become the first from India to win a series in the longest format — and its millions of followers, the defeat hurt. The manner of the defeat must have hurt more.
At a time when the Indians are no longer the poor tourists that they used to be — remember some of those superb wins in countries like England and Australia in the recent years — a loss inside three days can be a setback. But there is enough…
