If the Gupta brothers wanted to go undetected on a balmy Sunday afternoon in Jozi‚ all they had to do was stroll down Corlett Drive and sweet-talk their way into the first T20 international against India. From far and wide the visiting team garnered feverish support as they set about carrying their ODI form into the abbreviated white-ball format. You could argue that, proportional to population, the number of India flags outnumbered SA’s. In fact‚ 23,834 souls made it through the turnstiles‚ most in raucous support of the tourists even before they were seated. Here the Guptas‚ of course‚ are no strangers to the Long Room‚ where they were once fêted while in tow of the country’s erstwhile No1. Or was it the other way around? Their nefarious relationship extended as far as effectively having a seat on Cricket SA’s board‚ so it is hardly surprising that their interest is yet to be dislodged, with some of its last vestiges still visible at Kingsmead. Here on Sunday‚ however‚ there was l...
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