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So what were his first impressions?

"The change rooms are really small, to be honest, and they do a very good lunch," said Konstas. "I'm very grateful to be at such an iconic ground."

Offspinner Nathan Lyon is just short of becoming Australia's second-highest wicket-taker behind Shane Warne and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj is the highest wicket-taker among spinners in South Africa, needing only two more to get to 200 Test wickets.

Both were mutually appreciative of the other's skills ahead of the final.

Steven Smith had a report from the nets. "A little bit fresh today, a little bit of wind, but nice to start off our preparation, get a bit of rhythm, hit quite a few balls, and, you know, looking forward to Lord's now. We've got some really fond memories of Lord's. Personally, I've got some fond memories as well, so looking forward to getting started. South Africa are a good side, so should be a belter of a game and hopefully we can get another Test Championship final under our belt."

After the trophy presentation, Kohli soaked in the win, walking into the RCB dressing room arm in arm with his former team-mate AB de Villiers. "That's the heartbreak corner - no more," exclaimed Kohli.

Pointing at captain Rajat Patidar, Kohli said: "What a turnaround. Injury replacement to IPL-winning captain," and then tossed one of his bats to Patidar.

The commentators weren't offering much sympathy for the car owner's plight either, too busy admiring the six.

He was out with the Mumbai Wheelchair cricket team at Islam Gymkhana in Marine Lines as part of the Project Mumbai Initiative, and had a go with the bat, while seated in a wheelchair. Didn't seem to affect his bat swing at all, as he slammed the ball over the covers, much to the joy of the crowd present.

Santner, who was a mainstay in CSK's side from 2019 to when he was released in 2024, joined Mumbai Indians ahead of this IPL season, where he's picked up nine wickets in 11 matches so far. Boult, currently in his third (non-consecutive) year has had a fruitful year, picking up 19 wickets and playing all 14 matches. Boult and Santner have been team-mates in the New Zealand side for a decade, and Santner has captained the white-ball side since 2020.

"This bhaiya doesn't know that I'm going to eat bhel in the same newspaper he's going to make it in," Rodrigues says in the video while pointing to the Mid-Day newspaper headline titled, "Jemi-Wah".

For context, Duckett comes in at a height of 5 ft 7 in, reasonable by any standard, but not when you're standing next to a 6 ft 8 in Muzarabani - which turned the pacer's pads into a full body shield for Duckett. It's great for facing bouncers, not so much when every movement is likely to result in an lbw.

So it was a little surprising when none of the five SRH players - Cummins, Simarjeet, Unadkat, Wiaan Mulder and Nitish Kumar Reddy - could pick two other greats from that 1970s-80s era: Australian tearaway Jeff Thomson and the lethal West Indian fast bowler Malcolm Marshall. Mulder's guesses for Marshall included Nicholas Pooran, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo and Dwayne Smith!

However, almost everyone identified an all-time great from an older era - Don Bradman.