Temba bavuma test captaincy record: In the second test match, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets and won the series 2-0. In South Africa’s victory, captain Temba Bavuma has made a special record in his name. Temba Bavuma has now emerged in the history of Test cricket as a captain under whose captaincy the team has been successful in reaching the finals of the WTC. Bavuma has jointly become the second captain in the world to win the most matches in Test cricket after the first 9 matches. Temba Bavuma has captained 9 Test matches so far, in which the South African team has won 8. At the same time, former Australian captains Lindsay Hassett and Warwick Armstrong were successful in winning 8 matches after the first 9 Test matches as captains. In this matter, England captain Percy Chapman was at number one, who after captaining the first 9 Test matches of his career, won all the 9 matches.
Most wins after first nine Tests as captain
9 – Percy Chapman (England)
8 – Warwick Armstrong (Australia)
8 – Lindsay Hassett (Australia)
8 – Temba Bavuma (South Africa)
Talking about the second Test match, Pakistan scored 478 runs in the second innings while playing follow-on, but despite this, South Africa won the World Test Championship (WTC) by winning the seventh consecutive match with a 10-wicket victory on Monday, the fourth day of the second and final Test. ) ensured your place at the top of the table. With this, South Africa also won the series 2-0. South Africa, which has already secured a place in the WTC final, now has 69.44 percent points with eight wins in 12 matches. Australia is in second place with 63.73 percent points in 17 matches, now the WTC final between these two teams will be played at Lord’s in England from 11 to 15 June 2025.
Pakistan started playing at 213 runs for one wicket in the second innings on the fourth day. Captain Shan Masood scored 145 runs after playing ahead of 102 runs. In the lower middle order, Mohammad Rizwan (41) and Salman Agha (48) also played useful innings but the team was limited to 478 runs in 122.1 overs. Masood gave a great start to Pakistan in the second innings by adding 205 runs for the first wicket with former captain Babar Azam (81). Masood hit 17 fours in his innings of 251 balls. For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj took three wickets each giving 115 and 137 runs respectively.
South Africa got the target of 58 runs, in response to which it won by 10 wickets by scoring 61 runs without losing wickets in 7.1 overs, thanks to the unbeaten innings of David Bedingham (47 not out) and Adam Markram (14 not out). South Africa had scored a huge score of 615 runs in the first innings, thanks to the double century of opener Ryan Rickleton (259) and centuries of captain Temba Bavuma (106) and Kyle Verne (100). In response, Pakistan team was reduced to only 194 runs in the first innings and was forced to follow on. (with language input)