Captain Bavuma wants his Proteas teammates to put Quinton de Kock withdrawal furore behind them

Captain Bavuma wants his Proteas teammates to put Quinton de Kock withdrawal furore behind them BraMahlatse

The South Africans put in a hard shift on Tuesday as they freshened up their ICC T20 World Cup campaign after the opening match loss to Australia on Saturday. There was very little time to savour and review the five wickets win over the Indies as the focus was firmly on De Kock's refusal to take the knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“We have to focus as much as we can on the team, and more particularly on matters on the field,’ said Bavuma. “I don’t think you are going to be looking at the fact that we stood for whatever cause we stood for. Me being the leader of the side at the moment it is to make sure our eyes are on the ball.”

“We have our next clash in about three days' time and we will debrief, look at all the things we got right and areas where we need to improve on to make sure we prepare for the next match as wholeheartedly as we can.

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