Winning and losing is part of every game. In individual sports, the player himself is responsible for his results, but when it comes to team sports, the onus often falls on the captain or coach. In such a situation, they have to be ready to face every situation and hiding is not an option. But something happened in the Test played between South Africa and Pakistan in Centurion, which surprised. South African team captain Temba Bavuma hid in the bathroom during the match.

Temba Bavuma hid in the bathroom

Yes, you read it correctly. South African Test team captain Temba Bavuma himself has revealed this.

The first Test match played between South Africa and Pakistan in Centurion ended on Sunday 29 December. On the fourth day of the match, South Africa defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in a thrilling manner. South Africa definitely won but at one time the team was on the verge of defeat and when all this happened, the team captain Bavuma could not be seen.

After the team's victory, Temba Bavuma told that when Kagiso Rabada and Marco Janson returned to the dressing room during lunch, he did not talk to them because they were in the bathroom. Bavuma was afraid of defeat and the reason for this was himself.

In fact, due to one bad shot of his, the team suddenly lost 4 wickets and defeat seemed certain. Bavuma told that he was disappointed and remained in the bathroom. The South African captain came out only when the team needed only 15 runs. Yanson and Rabada also scored those 15 runs for the team and gave a thrilling victory by 2 wickets.

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Tears came out after the match

South Africa needed 148 runs to win but its 8 wickets had fallen till 98 runs. Pakistan looked close to a historic victory but Janson and Rabada made an excellent partnership of 51 runs in just 50 balls to give success to the team. The victory achieved by this astonishing performance of Janson and Rabada made every South African player and fan happy. Captain Rabada looked very emotional and had tears in his eyes because this victory took the team to the final of the World Test Championship.