Temba Bavuma, the captain of South Africa’s limited-overs team, has expressed his intention of playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at some time in the future and has said that he hopes to captain one of the teams competing in the potentially lucrative tournament.
While Quinton de Kock resigned from his position as white-ball skipper for South Africa, Bavuma was chosen to take up the position. In the upcoming tour of India, which will begin on June 9 and include of 5 Twenty20 International matches, he will captain his country’s team.
Bavuma has turned into a formidable batter in all of the various forms. It was versus the West Indies that he made his first appearance in a test match on the international stage. Since then, he has participated in a total of 51 tests and amassed a total of 2612 runs. In addition, he has 722 runs in 19 One-Day Internationals and 501 runs in 21 T20Is. Due to his strong and consistent play for the team, he emerged as a leading contender for the position of captaincy.
I’ve also developed the fantasy of captaining a team: Bavuma
Temba Bavuma Reveals His ‘Fantasy’:
“I would like to play there. The stronger my performances, the more realistic the opportunity becomes. I’ve also developed this fantasy of captaining a team. I don’t know where that comes from. I’d like to get that experience as well. But I kinda need to get into a team before that happens!”, said the Proteas skipper Bavuma.
The team, which is being led by Bavuma, has reached Delhi in preparation for the first match, which will take place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on June 9 (Thursday). Whilst India strives to stretch their unbeaten streak to 13 Twenty20 Internationals and set a new historical record, South Africa will be preparing to take on the T20I team rated number one in order to discharge India’s winning run. The most recent competition between these two sides was of a three-match Test series and as many ODIs, both of which were won by South Africa with corresponding scores of 2-1 and 3-0.
A significant number of players from both the South African and Indian teams participated in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, which recently finished. During their time with the SA, the guys showed a lot of promise and impressed everyone. Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Anrich Nortje, and Marco Jansen are just a few of the players that participated in the IPL and will be seen in the forthcoming series.
Additional players, notably Anrich Nortje and Marco Jansen, will also be present. Further Bavuma discussed his thoughts on the accomplishments of these players during the campaign.
“It’s nice to see some of our guys doing well. KG (Kagiso Rabada) is en route to being the quickest to 100 wickets. That’s something to be proud of. And Marco Jansen — how he has gone and performed. Or Aiden (Markram) And even the younger guys who have shown their ability. There is a lot of talk about Dewald Brevis. He is an exciting prospect for our cricket. And Tristan Stubbs, getting a go. It’s been nice to see those guys,” he added further.
