Wolvaardt made a measured 101 in that match, in Navi Mumbai in November. Even so, India won by 52 runs to claim the World Cup for the first time. An innings earlier, in the semi against England, Wolvaardt hammered 169 off 143. Those two performances nailed down the truth that the team that was once Van Niekerk’s was now, unarguably, Wolvaardt’s.
