South Africa Name Dean Elgar Test Captain, Temba Bavuma For Shorter Formats

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday appointed Dean Elgar captain of their men's Test team and Temba Bavuma skipper for the limited-overs formats as well as vice-captain of the Test team. Bavuma

Bavuma is honored and delighted to lead South Africa for the first time.

"Captaining the Proteas has been a dream of mine for many years as those closest to me would know. This is one of the greatest honors of my life so far and I am looking forward to picking up where Quinny [de Kock] has left off in leading the team into the new culture that we have developed and continue to work on," he said.

"The responsibility of captaining one's country is not one I take lightly, and I am looking forward to this new challenge and journey with Dean in the Test cricket format, as well as leading the team to not just one, but three ICC World Cups in the very near future."

Elgar echoed Bavuma's words in his statement.

"I've always said that to captain your country in any form of the game is the biggest honor that a player can be fortunate to receive. To the captain, my country's Test team, which I believe to be the pinnacle of the game, is the biggest highlight of my career and I'm grateful for the opportunity to represent my country in such an important way," he said.

"Temba and I know more than most the challenge that we have ahead of us in returning the Test squad back to its winning ways, but I know that we're both more than ready for the task at hand."

"I'm looking forward to bringing stability back into the team and laying a solid foundation for us to be able to accomplish the ambitions we all have to see the Proteas go back to the world's number one spot in all three formats."