Temba Bavuma is one of the underrated captains in world cricket at the moment. In the first ODI between India and South Africa, it was Bavuma’s intelligent captaincy that led to Virat Kohli’s wicket. In this article, we take a look at how Temba Bavuma‘s excellent captaincy resulted in Virat Kohli’s wicket and the Twitter reactions to the same.
Bavuma’s excellent captaincy results in Kohli’s wicket
With Shikhar Dhawan losing his wicket, India required Virat Kohli to stay at the crease. However, Bavuma’s ploy to have a leg-slip played on Virat’s mind. He went for a sweep shot, which ended at mid-wicket after the ball seemed to get stuck in the wicket. It was Temba Bavuma who collected the catch of Tabraiz Shamsi’s bowling.
Twitter hails the South African captain
Twitter was impressed with Bavuma’s tactics. Apart from Virat’s wicket too, he was impressive with his field settings and rotation of bowlers. With the bat, he scored a century that helped the Proteas post a competitive total. Below, we take a look at a few reactions in this regard:
One of those days when everything Bavuma touches turns to gold.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 19, 2022
Bavuma has an unorthodox field placing and the way he uses his bowlers is quite unusual hey but gets the job done. He is an unusual captain let me say #Proteas #SAvIND
— Bathandwa Same (@BathandwaSame) January 19, 2022
Unpopular Opinion: Temba Bavuma is Tactically Genius Captain, His Field Placement, Bowling Change is Just Brilliant. Impressed By His Captaincy. Can Give Better Results With Minimum Resources. #SAvIND
— 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗭𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗿 🇵🇰 (@iam_JZK) January 19, 2022
Kohli went for the sweep shot because Bavuma put a leg slip in there. If no leg slip, he would have tucked Shamsi round the corner all day with ball turning into him from that line.
— IPL 2021 (@iplthebest) January 19, 2022
Excellent field placement by Bavuma! That leg slip really played with Kohli’s mind. #SAvIND
— Muhammad Saad (@MuhammadSaad91) January 19, 2022
Bavuma… What a captain…Batted till the end and set a platform for the game with a 204 patnership..Good field placement to get rid of kohli… Nice rotation of bowlers.. Used Markram for 5 overs and got KL too. Now bringing De Cock nearer and getting Pant out. Take a bow 🔥👌
— Adithya (@T_T_MEMES_) January 19, 2022
