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South Africa’s Test captain Temba Bavuma is the biggest threat to India, who has not lost any Test till date while being the captain. Let us tell you about his record. South Africa’s tour of India will begin with a Test series, the first match of which will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from November 14.
This will be Shubman Gill’s third Test series as captain, the first series was a 2-2 draw against England. After that Gill and team defeated West Indies 2-0 in the 2-match series. Now it will be interesting to see whether Team India will be able to break the big record of Temba Bavuma, which he has maintained since 2023.
Temba Bavuma never lost a test as captain
Under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma, the South African cricket team won its first WTC title by defeating Australia in the final of the World Test Championship played this year. Bavuma, appointed as the Test captain of the team in 2023, has so far played 10 Tests as captain, out of which South Africa has won 9 and 1 has ended in a draw.
Under the captaincy of Bavuma, South Africa has not lost any test till date, in fact only 1 test has been drawn. Before this, Bavuma has played only one Test as captain against India, which was won by South Africa by an innings and 32 runs.
India vs South Africa Head to Head (Test)
South Africa cricket team won the Test series in India for the first and last time in 1999, after that the team came to India 5 times to play Test but could never win. Out of 7 Test series played by South Africa in India, only 1 has been won by Team India, 4 have been won by Team India and 2 ended in draw.
So far, 44 matches have been played between India and South Africa in Tests, out of which India has won 16 times and South Africa has won 18 times. 10 matches ended in a draw.
Indian squad
Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Axar Patel, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wicket keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket keeper), Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
South Africa’s test squad
Dewald Brewis, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Jorji, Tristan Stubbs, Zuboor Hamza, Aiden Markram, Corbin Bosch, Marco Janssen, Senuran Muthusamy, Willem Mulder, Kyle Vergne (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer.