South Africa’s Test captain, Temba Bavuma, is currently performing exceptionally well. Defeating Team India in India is no easy feat, and Temba has achieved that under his captaincy. Now, Temba is at a point where, if he wins the Guwahati Test, he will set a world record, something never before achieved in Test cricket history.
The first match of the India vs. South Africa Test series was played in Kolkata. Team India needed only 124 runs in the final innings, but the entire team failed to score even 100 runs, losing the match by 30 runs. Temba Ki was the only player in this match to score a half-century, and that half-century laid the foundation for South Africa’s victory.
Temba Bavuma can create this massive record
Temba Bavuma has never lost a Test match while captaining South Africa. He has led the team in 11 Tests, winning 10 and drawing one. Recently, when South Africa played Pakistan in a two-Test series, they lost one match. Aiden Markram was captaining the team at the time.
Now, if the South African team wins the second Test between India and South Africa in Guwahati, it will not only win the series but will also whitewash Team India. With this, Temba Bavuma will become the first Test captain in the world to have won the maximum number of Test matches before the first defeat under his captaincy. Earlier, this record was in the name of England’s Mike Brearley, who had won ten Test matches before the first defeat while captaining England. Now, clouds of crisis are looming over this very old record. Currently, Temba is at par with Mike Brearley.
Not only this, if Team India loses the Guwahati Test, it will be the first time since 2000 that a South African team will whitewash Team India in a series in India. Previously, in 2000, under the captaincy of Hansie Cronje, South Africa won both matches of the two-Test series. At that time, Team India was captained by Sachin Tendulkar.