Sports News: South Africa won the ICC World Test Championship 2025 after a long wait of 27 years. The team won the historic victory by defeating Australia on the grounds of Lord's. With this victory, captain Temba Bavuma got his captaincy iron. Bavuma did not lose a single Test match as captain, yet he is not getting the honor that often gets to players like Virat Kohli or Rohit
Sharma. The question arises - why?
Historical success under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma
Temba Bavuma has won 9 out of 10 Tests as captain and a match was drawn. Under his leadership, South Africa created history by winning the ICC Trophy. It was not easy to defeat a strong team like Australia, but Bavuma's strategy and the balance of the team proved to be decisive in victory.
Question on personal performance
Although the captaincy of Bavuma is being praised, but criticism has been going on for his batting performance. Bavuma's Test career average is around 38 runs per innings, which makes him back slightly from the level of players like Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. Many experts believe that it will be difficult to include them in the list of 'veterans' until the batting figures are seen in batting.
ICC Trophy won, invincible under captaincy, yet Temba Bavuma will not get the honor with veterans
Comparison with Virat and Rohit
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have not only succeeded in captaincy, but have also maintained a high level in personal performance. Kohli's Test average is above 50, while Rohit Sharma has also won Team India in ICC tournaments. Both players got the status of veterans due to their captaincy as well as the continuation of batting.
Ignoring media and fans
Despite the achievements of Bavuma, she is not getting the identity from media and cricket lovers that usually get to an ICC winning captain. This may also be due to his calm nature, limited brand value and less popularity in South Africa in the mainstream of cricket. Also, the expectations of the people were also reduced due to the team's failure in the ICC tournaments in the past. Temba Bavuma has made South Africa pride as captain. He is strategically strong, calm and patient captain. However, due to personal performance and lack of brand value, they are not getting the respect that the captains of other countries get. If he maintains a similar continuity in the future, then the cricket world will also put him in the same category in which Kohli,
Smith or Rohit.
