Zim vs SA: WTC Winner-Captain Temba Bavuma excluded Zimbabwe tests; Proteas to lead a veteran spinner. Cricket news

South Africa’s test side was given a significant blow before the neighbor Zimbabwe before his upcoming two-match test series, Captain Temba Bavuma came out due to left hamstring tension. Bavuma took the injury while batting during South Africa’s second innings on the third day of the ICC World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s. Despite blindly struggling with discomfort, Bavuma batted before Pat Cummins, eventually got his wicket. According to the official X account of South African men, the later medical assessment has confirmed a tension that will bypasses it, in which the Protiaz Medical Staff sets up the entire limit of damage and its expected recovery timeline to conduct further scans to determine the timeline. In the absence of Bavuma, veteran spinner Keshav Maharaj is named Stand-in captain for the Zimbabwe series. Maharaj, who has previously led South Africa, when the captains were regularly unavailable, brings the calm leadership and strategic skills to one side which is now forced to re-organized before the red-goal challenge.

The shock comes after the period of Jubilee for Protease, who claimed the ICC Trophy in the WTC final after a 27 -year long wait. The absence of Bavuma will also release a void in the mid -order, where hard stages are often excluded from difficult situations for their flexibility and habit for weathering, as is seen in the final against Australia. With Zimbabwe’s longest reform in the longest format, the competition promises to test South Africa’s bench strength and depth of leadership. Everyone’s eyes will now be on Maharaj’s ability to rally for their soldiers and ensure that the team focuses on a significant time despite losing their leader.

The first test against Zimbabwe is scheduled to begin on June 28, eager to open the new WTC cycle with a win with both sides.