Bavuma is so out of nick that he was overlooked in the auction for South Africa's new T20 franchise competition and followed that by scoring only three runs in three innings in the recent T20 series in India.
JOHANNESBURG - Under-fire captain Temba Bavuma is running out of time to find his batting form before leading South Africa's challenge for a maiden T20 World Cup title in Australia.
South Africa have a poor record in global tournaments, never winning a World Cup or reaching a final in either 50-over or Twenty20 formats.They will need their captain Bavuma to start scoring runs if they are to better their previous best of reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals in 2009 and 2014.Although not a power-hitter, he has a solid record in the 50-over game, where he has time to build an innings.Bavuma has made only 64 runs in seven innings in 2022 and has a sedate strike rate of 82.
"I believe his form will come at the right time, at the right place, which there's no better than the T20 World Cup.""If you are not scoring runs, it becomes hard for you," Ntini told Cricinfo. If Bavuma can deliver then South Africa have a batting line-up capable of dominating bowlers, with Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller and new discovery Tristan Stubbs all able to score rapidly.
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