A 43-second video of South African cricketer Temba Bavuma making sharp remarks during a post-match presentation was viral after the Indian cricket team’s recent defeat to South Africa in the first Test of the two-match series, held at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, between November 14 and 16, 2025.

In the video, someone asks the South African skipper: “Temba, people tease you by calling you a pocket-sized guy, and making fun of your height. What would you like to say about that?”

To this, Bavuma responds with: “Call me pocket-sized, call me short, call me ‘John the Don’, whatever you want – I don’t care. While you busy giving names for me, I’m out here making history. This so-called ‘bauna’ is the one scoring runs, leading teams and making headlines. Bumrah, you named me ‘bauna’ and people say

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