Our ace correspondent reveals the talk on the field during India's last match of the World Twenty20

Once before the tournament began, and now at South Africa's exit, AB de Villiers has confronted the choker's tag, and worn it self-critically

MS Dhoni, speaking with a catch in his voice that betrayed his acute disappointment, has called for a "practical" assessment of India's failure to make the knockouts of the World Twenty20 for the third successive time

If they allow themselves to reflect on the cruelty of the format, both South Africa and India would be distracting themselves from reality: they were inconsistent, scratchy, confused, and poorly led