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Bavuma ruled out, Elgar to captain Proteas in final Test

Opening batter Dean Elgar will lead the facet in his worldwide swansong.

The Proteas might be with out common captain Temba Bavuma for the second Test towards India subsequent week, Cricket South Africa has confirmed.

The 33-year-old skipper left the sphere after choosing up a hamstring damage on the primary day of the opening Test in Centurion this week.

He was pressured to watch on from the gamers’ field as his facet coasted to a convincing victory by greater than an innings, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match collection.

“He will undergo further medical assessments prior to the start of the SA20 (starting next month) to determine his availability for the Sunrisers Eastern Cape,” CSA stated in a press release.

Elgar takes the lead

In his absence, opening batter and former captain Dean Elgar will lead the facet in the collection decider beginning in Cape Town on Wednesday.

Elgar, enjoying his final worldwide collection earlier than retiring, performed a key position in the primary match by racking up his 14th Test century on a difficult wicket.

Western Province batter Zubayr Hamza has been named as Bavuma’s substitute in the 15-man nationwide squad.

Proteas Test squad

Dean Elgar, David Bedingham, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Zubayr Hamza, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Keegan Petersen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne


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