Bavuma ruled out of SA's tour of England

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani | Date 29-06-2022
Temba Bavuma
Temba Bavuma

 

Johannesburg

South Africa's white-ball captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the team's entire tour to England after sustaining an elbow injury during the five-match T20I series in India.

In Bavuma's absence, Keshav Maharaj and David Miller will take over the reins and lead the ODI and T20I teams respectively.

Bavuma had sustained the elbow injury during the fourth T20I against India in Rajkot, forcing him to retire hurt for eight and was ruled out of the series decider at Bengaluru, which was abandoned due to rain.

In other selection news, young pacer Gerald Coetzee has been handed his maiden call-up to the T20I squad with all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo making a return too. Hard-hitting batter Rilee Rossouw has also been recalled to the T20I squad for the first time since the 2016 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India.

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South Africa is touring England for a three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), as many T20Is and Tests respectively. The tour starts from July 19.