Temba Bavuma has defended the decision made by the Proteas to field only one specialist spinner in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Temba Bavuma will lead the SA team in a two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday. Picture: Randy Brooks/AFP
While the team also includes useful part-timer Aiden Markram, they will be largely relying on Keshav Maharaj to pin back the tourists with the support of a strong seam attack which features Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee and all-rounder Marco Jansen. “From a seam point of view we’re quite confident in the guys we’ve selected, and from a spin point of view we have Kekshav, and if there is a need for a second spinner we do have Aiden as well who can give us that,” said Bavuma, who“Looking at the wicket, we feel if it does spin it will probably be at the end of the game, and considering the weather as welI think the seamers will probably come into play, and we’re quite confident in our bowling attack.
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