Temba Bavuma: South Africa, whose captaincy has not lost yet, has a special record of becoming captain
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma scored 36 runs in 84 balls, batting with restraint in the first innings in the first innings in the World Test Championship 2023-25 at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London against Australia.
The South African team is playing the final of the World Test Championship for the first time and Bavuma, both as captain and batsman, performed well in the role and brought their team to the title match. Let’s know the special things related to Bavuma.
- Bavuma is the only black African cricketer to score a century in Test cricket for South Africa.
- Bavuma is the only permanent -appointed black captain of South Africa in the Test history of South Africa. He was given the command of the South Africa Test team in January 2023. He then showed his captaincy.
- Bavuma is one of the 2 cricketers from South Africa who has done a century to score a century on his ODI debut. Bavuma scored 113 runs in 123 balls in the debut match played against Ireland in 2016.
- Bavuma has captained the South Africa team in all three formats. Under his captaincy, the South Africa team also reached the semi -finals of the 2023 ODI World Cup. Bavuma’s captaincy record in Test is excellent. His captaincy has not lost a single match in the South Africa Test. Under his captaincy, the winning percentage in Tests has been 88.88%. He has won eight of the nine matches and has a draw.
