New Delhi. Every captain definitely loses some match while captaining in his career. But today we are going to tell you about a captain who has not lost a single match while captaining in his Test career. He has also defeated a team like India under his captaincy. We are talking about South African captain Temba Bavuma. Who has made South Africa win all the test matches under his captaincy.
Temba Bavuma captained the Test team for the first time in the year 2023. He captained the Test match for the first time on 28 February 2023. Bavuma captained for the first time against West Indies. In the two-match Test series, Bavuma won both the matches. However, he flopped in the first test with the bat. 0 runs were scored in the first innings of the first test and 0 runs were scored in the second innings also. In the second test he played the bowlers’ band. He scored 28 runs in the first innings and 172 runs in the second innings.
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Won 8 out of 9 tests
Bavuma has captained South Africa in 9 matches so far. During this period he has won 8 out of 9. While 1 match has been a draw. Recently he clean swept Pakistan in the test series. Under his captaincy, he has defeated teams like India, West Indies and Sri Lanka. The first Test match against West Indies played on 7 August 2024 was a draw.
Have defeated India also
South Africa defeated India in the only Test match played against India in December 2023. Bavuma had captained in that match also. However, Bavuma did not do any wonders with the bat. Despite this, South Africa won the match by an innings and 32 runs. Rohit Sharma captained India in that match.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 7, 2025, 17:04 IST