In Cape Town, the government has officially asked to not use the shower for more than two minutes. With many in the Indian team hailing from areas with water problems, they understand the seriousness of the situation, but they aren’t quite timing their baths as of now.

The strangely dry winter and the dipping underground water level has resulted in Cape Town pressing the panic button by executing crisis Level 6 water restrictions. These are a string of curbs to make every drop count.

The water-wars haven’t begun, but the situation is subtle. Children and the elderly crowd around a place with puddles that has a pipeline with a signage that says: ‘The fountain’.

With the city council approving just 87 liters per person per day or 10,000 liters for a month, Cape Town Airbnb owners are slightly worried about the reviews they will receive in the days to come.

At the Newlands Stadium, an Ambassade incident happened even during the practice of the Indian cricket team. Whenever a country team goes to cricket in South Africa, the country’s flag is hoisted along with South Africa and Cricket South Africa on the right side of the press box in the stadium. So when the Indian team was practicing, there was a tricolor wave in the stadium.

But then someone noticed that the flag of India was hoisted upside down. The saffron color was downwards and the green color turned towards the bottom Only then did anyone see it and then the flag was corrected.

There is one silver lining for the Indian cricketers. Sinking underground water level means less moisture and a dry track, conditions Indians are used to. However, there was enough grass to make the Newlands pitch menacing.

Finally, Cape Town’s crisis and the ongoing awareness campaign about sustainable methods to save water has thrown up some interesting trivia. Did you know a single flush uses five glasses of drinking water?