South African captain Temba Bavuma has revealed that he appears like a more moderen model of himself for the reason that three-match ODI sequence towards England. The 32-year-old additionally expressed his pleasure at enjoying in SA20.

The proper-handed batter initially discovered no takers in SA20 however bagged a deal after regaining kind within the 50-over sequence towards England. He had scores of 36, 109, and 35 as Proteas beat England comfortably to maintain their hopes of direct qualification for the 2023 World Cup alive.

The veteran batter mentioned he cannot wait to affix the SunRisers Japanese Cape (SEC) following a productive sequence towards England. He mentioned, as quoted by iol.com.za:

“I’m so excited to be becoming a member of up with the Sunrisers Japanese Cape staff for the rest of the SA20 marketing campaign. I stay up for the chance and stay up for being a part of an unbelievable bunch of men and I’m positive good reminiscences might be made.

“I’m fairly glad with my performances towards England. I really feel like a special Temba got here out and stood up within the final three video games. It was me simply attempting to precise myself for the staff. I’ll take the boldness from these final three video games and hopefully, it flows into the opposite video games and codecs.”

Bavuma walked into the sequence beneath huge stress, each as captain and batter, particularly after South Africa’s disappointing T20 World Cup marketing campaign. He additionally managed solely 70 runs in 5 video games at 17.50.

“The standard of the bowlers on either side are excessive” – Temba Bavuma

Reflecting on the high-scoring sequence, the captain acknowledged that each batting items raised their video games exponentially. Nevertheless, he admitted that the principles are laborious on bowlers in white-ball cricket. Bavuma defined:

“The standard of the bowlers on either side are excessive. The talent ranges are positively among the many finest. Perhaps it simply speaks to the standard of the batting that was on show on this sequence, perhaps that must be appreciated a bit extra than simply having a go on the bowlers.

“White ball cricket is difficult on the bowlers. You don’t have a number of guys on the boundary, you’re contending with two new balls.”

The SEC will lock horns towards the Durban Tremendous Giants in Durban on Friday (February 3).