When Kranti Gaud knocked over Laura Wolvaardt’s stumps at the ACA-VDCA Stadium, it felt like the end was near. The Indian team huddled, the crowd roared, and everything pointed to another home win. South Africa, after all, were 142 for six, still 110 runs adrift, and the tail was in sight.
But what unfolded next was not just unexpected — it was borderline surreal.
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As the lights glinted off her helmet and the echoes of Wolvaardt’s dismissal still lingered, Nadine de Klerk walked in quietly, without fanfare. What she brought with her, however, was a storm — one of purpose, grit, and something you can’t quite co
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