Temba Bavuma

Quick Facts

Full Name	Temba Bavuma
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	May 17, 1990(1990-05-17)
Age	34
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Cape Town
Horoscope	Taurus

Temba Bavuma Biography

Temba Bavuma is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on May 17, 1990 in Cape Town, South Africa. Temba Bavuma (born 17 May 1990) is a South African cricketer who is currently vice-captain of the South African national team in Tests. The first black African cricketer to achieve an innings century in the Test series in South Africa. Growing up in the vibrant game of Langa The three of them – Bavuma, Thami Tsolekile and Malusi Siboto are all from the same street. Bavuma received his education at South African College Junior School in Newlands as well as St David’s Marist Inanda High School in Sandton. He is mostly an international Test player, and is is regarded as a tough classic mid-order batsman, and an excellent fielder. He is also a good medium-pace bowler who is part-time.

Bavuma made his debut in a Test match in the national team of South Africa against the West Indies on December 26, 2014.

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for South Africa against Ireland on 25 September 2016 and scored his maiden ODI century.

On 5 January 2016, Bavuma became the first black cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa. This was an unbeaten 102 at Cape Town in the 2nd Test of the 2015/16 series against England.

His performances have been rewarded with five matches to date with South Africa A. South Africa A cricket team. The first match was played in July 2012 when they played Sri Lanka A in Durban. He also played against Ireland during the A team’s visit to Ireland in the month of August that year. He did not contribute any significant contributions in the two games. His next appearances with the A team were during the series of games that were played by South Africa between South Africa A and the Indian and Australian A teams. He played Australia once as well as India twice. His most impressive performance was a score of 65, in the first fixture of an innings loss against India. Indians. He was selected in the Gauteng team to play in the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.

Temba Bavuma Net Worth

Temba Bavuma is one of the richest Cricketer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Temba Bavuma 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bavuma was the first player to make his debut for 2008 Gauteng with the Gauteng Eastern Province. In the middle order Bavuma scored four runs during the opening innings during which he batted. He then briefly playing alongside his teammate Dane Vilas to his first-class highest score.

Bavuma made his debut in the franchise with the Lions during the 2011/11 season. The Supersport Series, he made 242 runs across four games with the rate of 60.50 during the debut season. He scored 124% against the Knights and was rewarded with an award of man of the match award. In the second Supersport season, in 2011/12 the team scored 637 runs with the rate of 53.08. That was enough to rank 11th in the top runners. The 2012/13 season, in which he ranked as the fifth highest scoring player in the newly named Sunfoil Series, but at lower rate of 31.58. The 2013/14 season, however, saw him once again scored a lot of runs, scoring 714 with the rate of 39.66 which saw him rank sixth among the Sunfoil Series scorers list. For his team He has an extraordinary high rate of conversion from 50s to 100s. He has scored 550s, six 100s during Supersport and Sunfoil Series cricket.

Bavuma took his first Test wicket against Australia on 7 November 2016.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Temba Bavuma Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Temba Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Temba Bavuma celebrates birthday on May 17 of every year.

Is Temba Bavuma first black captain?

In March 2021, Bavuma was named as the captain of South Africa’s limited over side, taking over the captaincy from Quinton de Kock. With the appointment of him as South Africa’s permanent captain, he became the first ever black African player to be appointed as the permanent captain of South Africa’s side.

Is Temba Bavuma a wicket keeper?

Middle order Batter From the same street in Langa, a township outside Cape Town, where Thami Tsolekile and Malusi Siboto were raised, came Temba Bavuma. Unlike the wicketkeeper-batsman and medium-pacer, Bavuma is a specialist batsman and the first black African batsman picked in South Africa’s Test squad.

Where is Temba Bavuma from?

Langa, Cape Town, South Africa

How old is Temba Bavuma?

32 years (May 17, 1990)

Why is Bavuma not captain?

The derision often surrounds his batting style, or lack thereof, in T20s. According to social media it is simply that Bavuma does not have what it takes as either a batsman or captain and should in fact step aside from the shortest format.