Ahmedabad, Feb. 22 -- India's dominant run in ICC events/multi-nation T20I tournaments came to a painful end as they faced a confidence-shattering 76-run loss to South Africa in the Super Eight stage at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.

This failure to chase down 188 means that India has lost their first match in ICC events after 17 matches, since their heartbreaking loss in the ICC Cricket World Cup final at the same venue against Australia back in 2023. After that, a dominant Men in Blue came back with a vengeance under skipper Rohit Sharma, winning the next year's T20 World Cup by going unbeaten for eight matches and capturing last year's Champions Trophy with a five-match unbeaten run.

Their golden run continued in this W...