Bavuma has played 39 Test matches since making his debut back in 2014 and he currently boasts an average of 31.24.
Temba Bavuma is fit but will not play in the second Test against England at Newlands on Friday, captain Faf du Plessis has confirmed.
It does raise more questions over the national side’s commitment to transformation and fielding players of colour, but Du Plessis said on the eve of the Cape Town Test that the priority for the Proteas presently was to raise the bar in terms of performance. “There will be things in place and people in place to make sure that we keep producing players of all different colours, but for right now what we need to do is win Test matches and games of cricket. We need to raise the level of performance for all of us and if we do that, then naturally the other things will fall into place.”
“We feel it’s the right thing to do to stick with Rassie. Any player needs a bit of time to get a bit of confidence with an extended run, with runs or no runs in the first Test,” Du Plessis said, adding that opener Pieter Malan would come in for the injured Aiden Markram.“Temba is on board. I think in general what we’re trying to achieve as a batting unit is to raise our bar of standards a little bit higher,” he said.
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