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Rainbow Nation Rejoice
The New Indian Express Vellore
|June 16, 2025
As a teary-eyed Keshav Maharaj was embraced and held tight on his shoulders by former South Africa captain-turned-commentator Graeme Smith on Saturday, Russell Domingo felt the same emotion watching it on television miles away, back home.
Maharaj's Test debut came at Perth when Domingo was the head coach of the South African team. And he was not the only one to feel such emotions. Smith, Shaun Pollock, AB de Villiers and several former cricketers, friends and family of the current team, led by Temba Bavuma, were either in the stands or the commentary box of Lords cherishing the moment they and the millions of people back home had yearned and longed for years.
This story is from the June 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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