Temba Bavuma will become South Africa's 7️⃣th Test captain in the last 🔟 years! 🇿🇦 📖 MORE: 9WWOS Cricket
“The call was clearly in terms of the new direction we are going as a team, as a system, and we all felt that the change in the leadership was needed,” South Africa director of cricket Enoch Nkwe said.
Bavuma will retain the ODI captain's job but give up the Twenty20 role, with a new T20 captain to be announced later.Elgar was a popular choice as Test captain but the team has lost back-to-back series in England and Australia under his leadership.
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