Why is Temba Bavuma not playing today’s 2nd ODI between India and South Africa in Ranchi?

Dixit Bhargav | 09/10/2022
Why is Temba Bavuma not playing today's 2nd ODI between India and South Africa in Ranchi?

Why Temba Bavuma not playing today: South Africa have made a total of three changes to their Playing XI for this match.

During the second ODI of South Africa’s second tour of India 2022 in Ranchi, South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj has won the toss and chose to bat.

“We are gonna have a bat. Looks like a good wicket. Hopefully, we can try and utilize the conditions, assess it upfront and play it from there,” Maharaj told Star Sports at the toss.

Unlike Maharaj, India captain Shikhar Dhawan was looking to bowl first to negate the dew factor in the second innings. Having got what he wanted in spite of losing the toss, Dhawan would hope for his bowlers to restrict the visitors to be below par total.

” We would have bowled first actually. There is going to be dew in the second innings and we are gonna take advantage of that,” Dhawan told Star Sports at the toss.

Why is Temba Bavuma not playing today vs India?

Maharaj walking in for the toss was in itself a sign of at least one change to a winning combination. South Africa, as it turned out, have made two forced and one tactical change in a bid to claim an assailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.

“[Tabraiz] Shamsi and Temba [Bavuma] didn’t wake up feeling too well this morning. So, Reeza Hendricks and Bjorn Fortuin are coming in for them,” Maharaj said to throw light on spinner Tabraiz Shamsi and regular white-ball captain Temba Bavuma’s absence. A third change for the visitors have made in the form of pacer Anrich Nortje replacing pacer Lungi Ngidi in the XI.

India, on the other hand, have made a couple of changes to their Playing XI. All-rounders Washington Sundar and Shahbaz Ahmed (debutant) have been included into the Playing XI for batter Ruturaj Gaikwad and spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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