The New Year Test is being played between South Africa and Pakistan in Cape Town. This second and last match of the series started from Friday 3 January. On the first day, South African captain Temba Bavuma scored a brilliant century. For this he faced 167 balls. This is his first match this year and he started it with a century. This is the fourth century of his Test career. He has done this feat for the first time against Pakistan team.

Bavuma's bat is speaking

Temba Bavuma has been in excellent form for some time now. He is continuously playing good innings. He has also taken his team to the finals of the World Test Championship. In the last 7 innings, Bavuma has played 50+ innings 5 ​​times. That means he is constantly talking about his bat. Even in the New Year Test against Pakistan, he continued his consistency and scored 106 runs in 179 balls. During this, he hit 9 fours and 2 sixes.

Temba Bavuma aggressive celebration after smashed 100 #SAvPAK #SAvsPAK #PAKvsSA #PAKvSA pic.twitter.com/qoAZ5os7ve

— Satya (@duary_satyajit) January 3, 2025

Bavuma's aggressive celebration

Temba Bavuma is often known for missing a century. He gets out after scoring fifty. He has scored 24 half-centuries so far but has only 4 Test centuries in his name. Therefore, as soon as he scored a century in Cape Town, he had a very aggressive celebration. South African fans also joined in their joy after seeing their captain scoring a brilliant century. Gave a standing ovation for his excellent innings. Many spectators started singing 'O Temba Bavuma...We Love You'.

Oooh Temba Bavuma oooh Temba Bavuma we love you #SAvPAK pic.twitter.com/1iGFPIEpjB

— Gills (@gpricey23) January 3, 2025

bad condition of pakistan

Temba Bavuma also made Pakistan worse with his captaincy innings. They won the toss and decided to bat first. But at the score of 72 runs, 3 batsmen were out and the team was in trouble. After this Bavuma came to bat at number 5 and played the captaincy innings. He not only scored a century but also made a huge partnership of 235 runs with Ryan Rickelton and put his team in a strong position. By the time he was out, South Africa had scored 307 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the first innings.