Temba Bavuma on Toss: After winning the match against Australia in the World Cup 2023 on Thursday, South African captain Temba Bavuma said a strange thing. He said that I am happy that I lost the toss because everything worked in our favor. Bavuma then praised the performance of Quinton de Kock and Kagiso Rabada and also pointed to the need for further improvement in performance as a team.
Here Bavuma’s comment on the toss was most important. This comment was actually not about the toss but about the pitch. In fact, at the time of the toss, the Australia and South Africa captains were confused whether the right decision would be to bat first or bowl on the pitch of Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Both the captains were not able to read this mystery pitch of Lucknow. Both these captains themselves had said this at the time of toss.
Lucknow’s mystery pitch
Lucknow’s pitch has been in a lot of controversies this whole year. This was said to be the worst pitch during IPL 2023. Due to uneven pace and bounce, it was difficult to score one run at a time. This pitch was prepared afresh even before the World Cup. In such a situation, Pat Cummins and Temba Bavuma were not able to decide what they should do first after winning the toss. In the end, when Pat Cummins won the toss, he decided to bowl first. This decision was a profitable deal for South Africa. Actually, the batsmen did not face much trouble on the pitch during the first innings, but as the match progressed, the bowlers started dominating here.
What did Temba Bavuma say after the victory?
Bavuma said, ‘Even a score of 290 on this pitch was enough to win. Happy that I lost the toss because everything worked in our favor. Quinton should be given credit. He played a good innings. We played an almost perfect game with the bat. And then with the ball we did a better job in every area. The intensity of Kagiso Rabada and then the spinners did their job well.
Big win for South Africa
In this match, South Africa batted first and scored a good score of 311 runs after losing 7 wickets. In reply, the Australian team was all out for just 177 runs. In this way, the Proteas team won this match by a huge margin of 134 runs.
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