In the ongoing 3rd ODI between India and South Africa, the visitors have got off to a solid start and are looking to put a big total on the board. Despite losing an early wicket, skipper Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock stitched a crucial 113-run stand for the 2nd wicket.
Bavuma played a slow yet crucial innings of 48 (67), which featured five fours. With the knock, Temba also completed 2000 ODI runs. Notably, the Proteas skipper has made a name for himself for his leadership, but he is under-appreciated when it comes to batting.
Bavuma proved his prowess in batting in Tests and is currently the 7th-best-ranked red-ball batter. However, when it comes to ODI, Bavuma is yet to be appreciated.
Interestingly, it is worth noting that the 35-year-old just became the fourth fastest South African batter to slam 2000 ODI runs, and most importantly, he took the same number of innings as Virat Kohli to reach this milestone.
Virat is touted as the best ODI cricketer in the world, and the Indian talisman took 53 innings to reach 2000 ODI runs, the same as Temba Bavuma. Meanwhile, this article will compare Bavuma's stats with Virat Kohli after 2000 ODI runs.
Temba Bavuma vs Virat Kohli: Stats after 2000 ODI runs Firstly, lets look at Temba Bavuma's overall stats in ODIs
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Let's compare Bavuma's stats with Virat Kohli after the India talisman completed 2000 runs in ODIs
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Key Takeaways Interestingly, Virat Kohli and Temba Bavuma have had a similar career till the first 2000 runs of their ODI journey. Bavuma averages 42.39, while Kohli had a slightly better average of 44.28. Further, Temba had a better strike-rate than Virat Kohli, which indicates that he too prefers the anchor role. Also, after 53 innings, Bavuma had more centuries than Virat, but the India star had more fifty-plus scores than the South Africa skipper. Temba Bavuma vs Virat Kohli: Home and Away Stats after 2000 ODI runs Temba Bavuma's batting stats at home and away
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Virat Kohli's batting stats at home and away
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Key takeaways Looking at the home and away stats, here lie the difference, because Bavuma has absolutely dominated the home turf, whereas Virat has also performed on away surfaces as well. Looking at Bavuma's stats, the 35-year-old averages 53.12 at home, whereas Virat only averaged 42.50. However, if we look at away stats, then Temba only manages 30.58, whereas Virat averaged more than home and had 45.67 average. Temba Bavuma, an under-utilised player in ODIs? Final Verdict If we look at Bavuma, then it is fair to say that his ODI game has been outdated despite matching Virat Kohli's numbers to reach 2000 ODI runs. Virat had a strike-rate of 80, which suited the game back in 2010-11, but in modern times, it is difficult for a batter to survive with such a poor strike-rate.
Also, Temba Bavuma's dominance at home is great, but his underwhelming figures away from home, is the reason why his name is usually lower in the pecking order when it comes to ODI greats for South Africa.
Temba Bavuma and Virat Kohli - (Source: AFP)
