Proteas captain Temba Bavuma ‘refreshed’ and ready to lead
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma is raring to go once again after missing a lot of action earlier this year due to injury.
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Proteas Test captain Temba Bavuma says he is refreshed and ready to go ahead of the team’s tour to the West Indies next month.
The Proteas play the Windies in a two-Test match series followed by three T20 matches. A strong squad has been selected for the tour but Bavuma knows what challenge awaits the team in the Carribean. The Proteas last played a Test match in January, but the majority of the players were unavailable for the series.
“It’s a challenge that’s not necessarily unique to us and probably something that all the teams outside the big three face. It feels like we’re starting again and again as a team,” said Proteas captain Temba Bavima as per ESPNcricinfo.
“You can hear in terms of the conversations, there’s a lot of reminding ourselves of a philosophy, how we want to play and basically what our blueprint is to winning. It’s nothing that is unique to us as a South African team.”
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“The challenge is we’ve just got to make it work with what we have. We don’t use it as an excuse. I think there’s definitely a lot of excitement from the guys and we’d like to focus on that excitement more than all the other uncontrollable.”
Bavuma suffered an injury while fielding on the first day of the Boxing Day Test against India. The Proteas skipper was was later ruled out of the series with a hamstring strain. Although Temba Bavuma hasn’t featured for the Proteas this year, he played one SA20 match, two first-class games and in the CSA T20 Challenge.
“I’ve come out refreshed over the last couple of months of no cricket,” he said.
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It’s largely been about being in the gym and doing my rehab. I’ve been under rehab for the last two and a half to three months,” Proteas captain Temba Bavuma added.
“Mentally, that’s been tough; physically, it’s also been tough but I am quite refreshed and quite excited to have the opportunity again to be out there with the boys.”