Temba Bavuma Becomes Oldest South African to Reach 2,000 ODI Runs in Visakhapatnam Decider

Overview

• Bavuma hit the milestone at 35 years and 203 days, surpassing Rassie van der Dussen’s age record for South Africa.
• He is joint-fourth quickest from his country to 2,000 ODI runs by innings, trailing Hashim Amla, Rassie van der Dussen and Gary Kirsten.
• The South Africa captain scored 48 off 67 balls in Visakhapatnam before Ravindra Jadeja dismissed him.
• The series reached the decider at 1-1 after India won in Ranchi and South Africa leveled in Raipur.
• India won the toss and chose to field under stand-in captain KL Rahul, with Virat Kohli leading the series runs and Kuldeep Yadav topping the wickets after two matches.