Even bowler who replaces Shami can put us under pressure: South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma
The Hindu
South African men’s cricket team has remained unbeaten for 31 years on home soil and Bavuma is keen to keep that record intact.
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma has utmost respect for India’s talent pool and he believed that the pacer who replaces injured Mohammed Shami can put home batters under pressure in Tests.
Shami, India’s craftiest pacer in recent times, has sustained a heel injury and has been ruled out of the two-match Test series starting here Tuesday.
One among rookie Prasidh Krishna or one-Test old Mukesh Kumar is expected to replace Shami in the playing eleven.
“As cricketers you want to come up against the best and Mohammed Shami is one of the best going around and most of us would be looking forward to coming up against him.
But India being India, and with the depth that they have, you have to trust that whoever comes in will also put you under pressure,” Bavuma replied to a query from PTI during the media conference on Sunday.
The Proteas skipper sounded hopeful that his team has a better chance to adapt under overcast conditions with rain threatening to play spoilsport on Day 1.
“Being home conditions, we understand the advantage our side has, you will expect us to adapt a lot better and Indian bowling attack is quite a strong one and obviously Shami is not there but it’s still a strong one. The fact that they have been able to achieve so much success in Tests over the past 5-10 years period is because of that bowling attack,” he lavished praise.
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