South African Captain Out of Second Test

“Bavuma was injured while fielding on the first day of the Test; Elgar will captain in Cape Town”

South African captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the second Test match to be played against India from January 3 in Cape Town. Dean Elgar will captain the team in his place in the second test.

As the match ended, South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad confirmed that Temba Bavuma was out with a hamstring strain. He is going to miss the next match.

South Africa has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series after defeating India by an innings and 32 runs in the first Test played in Centurion.

Bavuma got injured on the first day of the first test match

Bavuma was injured while stopping the ball before the boundary at long-off in the 20th over on the first day of the Centurion Test match. He then immediately left the field and was sent for a scan, which revealed a strain.

Head coach gave a statement

The team's head coach Shukri Konradt said after the match that Bavuma's physical condition was not very good. He was ready to bat for the team at every turn. We were keeping an eye on his injury. Looking at his condition, we felt that if he was sent to bat, his injury could have worsened.

If we had lost wickets early, perhaps he would have been sent into bat. Being ahead by 150 runs, I felt it was not necessary to risk them.

South Africa fell short even with 10 players

Even with 10 players, South Africa overpowered Team India's 11 players. Team captain Temba Bavuma got injured while fielding in the 20th over of the first innings. He could not take the field again in the match. The team also scored 408 runs in the first innings at the loss of 9 wickets. Bavuma did not come to bat due to injury.

Not only this, the first innings of South Africa's 10 batsmen was also heavier than the two innings of 11-11 players of Team India. Because Team India could not cross the score of 408 runs made by South Africa in one innings even after playing 2 innings. The team could score only 245 runs in the first innings and 131 runs in the second innings.

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