{"id":15413,"date":"2025-11-17T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-outwitted-india-on-challenging-kolkata-pitch-bavuma\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:38","slug":"sa-outwitted-india-on-challenging-kolkata-pitch-bavuma","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-outwitted-india-on-challenging-kolkata-pitch-bavuma\/","title":{"rendered":"SA outwitted India on challenging Kolkata pitch: Bavuma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South Africa\u2019s (SA) Proteas Captain Temba Bavuma says his team outmanoeuvred India on a difficult Kolkata surface, pulling off one of the most improbable Test victories in the nation\u2019s history. Despite being on the brink of defeat after posting just 153 in their second innings, SA rallied to secure a remarkable 30-run win at Eden Gardens.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bavuma says they were not caught off guard by the conditions, revealing they knew exactly what India had instructed the ground staff to prepare.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the audio, Bavuma says: \u201cI think the wicket that was prepared is what I understand was asked on their side. We came here knowing the wickets are going to be spinner-friendly, similar to what we got in this game, so it doesn\u2019t come as a surprise. For a lot of our younger guys it was an experience for them to take in.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014ChannelAfrica\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15349,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-15413","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Bavuma says they were not caught off guard by the conditions.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Bavuma says they were not caught off guard by the conditions.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19661,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/15413\/revisions\/19661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=15413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}