Centurion – South African captain Temba Bavuma, who suffered an injury in the first match of the series against India, has been ruled out for the second Test. With this, the task of leading the team in the final match of the series came to Dean Elgar, the opener and the architect of the last match. The second Test, the final match of the series, also features Elgar’s retirement match. The actor announced his retirement two weeks ago. The second Test will start on January 3.
Bavuma was injured on Tuesday, the first day of the first Test. The player left the field with a hamstring injury. Bavuma also did not come out to bat for South Africa. With this, Marco Jansen, who remained unbeaten with 84 runs, had to end the innings without a co-batter. Cricket South Africa has said that Bavuma will recover from his injury in two weeks.
South Africa’s victory was made easy by Elgar’s innings, which scored a smashing century in the first match. Elgar scored 185 runs off 287 balls with 28 boundaries. David Bedingham (56) and Marco Jansen (84*) scored half-centuries. The Proteas scored 408 runs in the first innings. After scoring 245 runs in the first innings, India were bowled out for 131 in the second innings. South Africa have won the innings and lead the series 1-0.
2023-12-29 07:37:54
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