# Temba Bavuma

> Temba Bavuma is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team since 2014. A right-handed batter, he captains the national team in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket. In 2016, Bavuma became the first black African cricketer to score a Test century for South Africa, and scored a century on his ODI debut later that same year. He is also the national team's first black African captain, appointed to lead the ODI team in 2021 and the Test team in 2023; under his leadership, South Africa won the 2023-2025 World Test Championship. He had previously served as the Twenty20 International (T20I) captain from 2021 to 2023.

*South African cricketer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/temba-bavuma

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1990
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Temba Bavuma is a South African cricketer who has played for the national team since 2014. A right-handed batter, he captains the national team in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket. In 2016, Bavuma became the first black African cricketer to score a Test century for South Africa, and scored a century on his ODI debut later that same year. He is also the national team's first black African captain, appointed to lead the ODI team in 2021 and the Test team in 2023; under his leadership, South Africa won the 2023-2025 World Test Championship. He had previously served as the Twenty20 International (T20I) captain from 2021 to 2023.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 54.0
- **Momentum:** 10.0
- **Country rank:** #67

## Timeline
- **2017** - Cape Cobras
- **2014** - South Africa national cricket team
- **2009** - Highveld Lions cricket team
- **2008** - Gauteng cricket team
- **1990** - Born

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Temba_Bavuma)
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- [टेम्बा बवूमा](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE)
- [তেম্বা বাভুমা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE)
- [Temba Bavuma](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temba_Bavuma)
- [Temba Bavuma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temba_Bavuma)
- [Temba Bavuma](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temba_Bavuma)
- [तेम्बा बावुमा](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE)
- [टेंबा बावुमा](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE)
- [Temba Bavuma](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temba_Bavuma)
- [தெம்ப பவுமா](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE)
- [టెంబా బావుమా](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE)
- [ٹیمبا باوما](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [Temba Bavuma](https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temba_Bavuma)
- [تمبا باووما](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7698004)

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