Temba Bavuma Joins South Africa Squad For The Fourth Test Against England

Updated - 23 Jan 2020, 11:37 PM

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Cricket South Africa has made a major chance in the side that will face England in the fourth and final test match of the series. Temba Bavuma has been added back to the squad in place of Zubair Hamza. Bavuma was injured before the series began. However, he was available for selection in the third game but he was dropped from the team. Having faced an embarassing loss by the hands of the Englishmen, questions were raised over Bavuma’s exclusion.

The Proteas were accused of racism and people said that Bavuma isn’t in the squad as he’s not fair. Temba Bavuma has scored a total of 1812 runs in Test cricket at an average of 31.24. He earned a call from the national side after he showed excellent batsmanship and gave his career best performance in First Class cricket by playong a knock of 180 runs. Temba will bat at Number five for the Proteas.

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Temba Bavuma Joins The Proteas

South African skipper has made it clear that Bavuma will be a part of the fourth Test. However, he hasn’t yet cleared as to who will replace Kagiso Rabada. Rabada was banned for a single Test match by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for violating audible obscenity. “I can tell you that Temba is back in the side. The rest, we are still waiting to see what the weather does tomorrow. We don’t have 100 per cent clarity on that yet, but that is the one thing that is definite,” Du Plessis said.

Temba Bavuma, Herschelle Gibbs — Bavuma (PC – Getty Images)

South Africa is currently hosting England for a four-match Test series. The Proteas won the first game. But, the African side has lost the last two games and is currently under huge pressure. Their star bowler Kagiso Rabada has been banned for the fouth test by ICC for vioalting audible obscenity. If South Africa hope of coming back in the series, they will have to play with complete potential in the final game of the series.

South Africa Squad:

Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Dean Elgar, Pieter Malan, Temba Bavuma, Anrich Nortje, Rassie van der Dussen, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keegan Petersen, Beuran Hendricks, Dwaine Pretorius, Zubayr Hamza.

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