Background and career
Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990) is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team since 2014. A right-handed batter, he captains the national team in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket. In 2016, Bavuma became the first black African cricketer to score a Test century for South Africa, and scored a century on his ODI debut later that same year. He is also the national team's first black African captain, appointed to lead the ODI team in 2021 and the Test team in 2023; under his leadership, South Africa won the 2023–2025 World Test Championship. He had previously served as the Twenty20 International (T20I) captain from 2021 to 2023.


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