Temba Bavuma ruled out of third Test

South Africa already has injury worries with opener Aiden Markram facing a fitness test ahead of the Test, beginning Wednesday here, for a quad strain.

Published : Jan 21, 2018 19:57 IST , Johannesburg

Bavuma suffered the injury during a domestic match and will be out for at least a month.
Bavuma suffered the injury during a domestic match and will be out for at least a month.
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Bavuma suffered the injury during a domestic match and will be out for at least a month.

South African middle-order batsman, Temba Bavuma, who was a part of the squad, but did not make the eleven in the first two Tests, will not be available for the third Test here because of a fractured right finger.

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Bavuma suffered the injury during a domestic match and will be out for at least a month.

South Africa already has injury worries with opener Aiden Markram facing a fitness test ahead of the Test, beginning Wednesday here, for a quad strain.

Theunis de Bruyn is the extra batsman in the squad and can open the innings.

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