Proteas captain Temba Bavuma discovered himself trending once again following Proteas’ series defeat to India on Thursday.
The 33-year-old was rested for the T20I and ODI series towards India, with Aiden Markram taking up as captain.
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The Proteas suffered a 78-run defeat within the third and remaining One Day International towards India at Boland Park.
The Proteas misplaced the ODI series 2-1.
Bavuma confronted criticism and abuse from followers after he had a disastrous World Cup marketing campaign which noticed the Proteas eradicated within the semi-finals.
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Temba Bavuma was missed towards India, says followers
Having rested for the white ball format, Reeza Hendricks, who was saved out of the workforce for underperforming Bavuma on the World Cup, was given an opportunity to cement his place within the workforce however has struggled to make a huge effect.
Toni de Zorzi was the one who made an impression serving to the Proteas win the second ODI match. He was once again the workforce’s high performer on Thursday however failed to rating his second successive hundred.
After the workforce’s loss towards an inexperience Indian facet, some followers requested for Bavuma to return.
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@ModisaWaDinku wrote: “This would have not happened had Temba Bavuma been fit.”
@bhaskar_sanu08 wrote: “South Africa is missing Temba Bavuma as a batsman and captain in this series.”
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@chumani_gugwini wrote: “Temba Bavuma actually carried us to the World Cup with the identical woeful and inconsistent batting line up after which acquired a lot abuse after we acquired there and his kind suffered.
“The hypocrites among ya’ll owe him an apology but you won’t say anything,” he mentioned in a tweet.
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