IND vs SA: Is Temba Bavuma Playing Today? Who will be South Africa Captain?

Temba Bavuma IND vs SA 5th T20I: The visiting South African team will surely be really disappointed with their performance in the last two T20I matches against India. After putting up dominating show in the first two games, the Proteas ended up witnessing comprehensive defeats at the hands of India in the third and fourth T20I matches. The IND vs SA five-match T20I series is currently levelled with a 2-2 scoreline and things are set up amazingly well for the series decider on 19 June, 2022 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

IND vs SA: Is Temba Bavuma Playing Today? Who will be South Africa Captain?

South Africa have a few injury concerns to sort out before the start of the all-important fifth T20I encounter against India on Sunday and the most worrisome casualty is their skipper Temba Bavuma who got retired out during the last match in Rajkot. Bavuma injured his elbow while diving for a single and then also conceded some lusty blows on his left arm. The South African captain failed to return to bat during the chase in the fourth T20I against India and was even seen sporting a sling on his left arm.

Due to the same elbow injury issue, Temba Bavuma is very much unlikely to be available for selection in the fifth and final T20I match against India on Sunday. In his absence, left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj will take over as the South Africa stand-in captaincy duties.

Temba Bavuma Stats in T20I

Matches	Runs	Strike-Rate	50s	Recent Form
25	562	120.6	1	8*, 8, 35, 10, 67 & 30

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India vs South Africa: Probable South Africa Playing 11

Reeza Hendricks will be making his return to the South Africa playing 11 in place of the injured Temba Bavuma on Sunday. The duo of Kagiso Rabada and Wayne Parnell are also expected to be included in the Proteas team if they have recovered from their respective niggles.

SA Playing 11
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Reeza Hendricks
Rassie van der Dussen
David Miller
Heinrich Klaasen
Dwaine Pretorius
Wayne Parnell
Keshav Maharaj (C)
Lungi Ngidi/Kagiso Rabada
Tabraiz Shamsi
Anrich Nortje

IND vs SA 2022 Schedule

Date	Format	Match	Time	Venue	Result
9 June, 2022	1^st T20I	India vs South Africa	7 PM IST	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	South Africa won by 7 wickets
12 June, 2022	2^nd T20I	India vs South Africa	7 PM IST	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	South Africa won by 4 wickets
14 June, 2022	3^rd T20I	India vs South Africa	7 PM IST	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	India won by 48 runs
17 June, 2022	4^th T20I	India vs South Africa	7 PM IST	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	India won by 82 runs
19 June, 2022	5^th T20I	India vs South Africa	7 PM IST	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	TBA