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Forget spin, it's all about the Rabada, Bumrah blockbuster at Eden Gardens
Cape Times
|November 13, 2025
INDIA is home to one of the largest film industries in the world. Bollywood yields figures in the region of $1.5 billion - second only to Hollywood and China. It produces close to 2000 movies annually.
PROTEAS superstar fast bowler Kagiso Rabada.
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But on Friday, the biggest showstopper in the land will feature at Eden Gardens in Kolkata when the world Test champion Proteas face up against their hosts India in the series premiere. It's the hottest ticket in town with reports emanating from India that the 65 000-seater stadium is already sold out.
There may be multiple languages spoken in India, but cricket is the universal mother tongue. The thousands waiting outside the iconic Eden Gardens ~ despite the presence of heavily armed security - just for a glimpse of their heroes arriving in the bus for training this week has certainly given the visitors a taste of the frenzy they can expect over the course of the next five days.
This story is from the November 13, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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