South Africa Playing XI For WTC Final vs Australia Announced: On Tuesday, South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma finally revealed the playing XI for the much-awaited World Test Championship final against the Australian cricket team, which is scheduled to kick off from June 11 at Lord’s Cricket Stadium.
South Africa Playing XI For WTC Final vs Australia Announced By Captain Temba Bavuma
The South African captain picked RCB’s star bowler Lungi Ngidi in the playing XI and snubbed the in-form Dane Paterson.
Besides Ngidi, the bowling line-up also includes Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, and full-time spinner Keshav Maharaj.
Speaking about the decision not to include Dane Paterson, Bavuma said:
“Probably one of the tougher decisions that has been made. We see what Dane Paterson did for us to the end of last season,”
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He added, “But it was more from a tactical point of view. Probably a little bit more pace from Lungi, guess he’s a bit taller as well.”
“Lungi also has a better record, not taking away anything from Patto. He (Ngidi) has the experience, he’s played here before, not that Patto hasn’t.
“But I think he (Ngidi) will complement that bowling attack a little more. We have a guy like Mulder, who can give us something similar like Patto.”
“It was probably one of the difficult decision we had to make.”
Another highlight of the playing xi was the inclusion of Wiaan Mulder at No. 3 after his recent exploits in the series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Speaking about the same, Temba said:
“Mulder is quite young in that position. But I think having played with Mulder, having seen him and the way he has grown in the last two years within the red-ball format,” Bavuma said.
“It’s about giving him a lot more confidence, keep backing him and just allowing him to do what he does best.
“He has an opportunity in a pressure situation, but I think he can take comfort from the fact that the guys are backing him. We just want him to play his game.”
South Africa Playing XI For WTC Final
South Africa playing XI for WTC Final:
Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verrynne, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
Australia Playing XI For WTC Final
Australia XI playing XI for WTC Final:
Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
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