South Africa announced playing 11Image Credit Source: PTI
The new world Test champion South Africa cricket team is ready to land once again. South Africa is going to play its first Test about 2 weeks after beating Australia in the WTC final. For this match with Zimbabwe, the African team has already announced its playing-11 and it seems to be completely changed. With this match, 3 players are stepping into Test cricket, the most special name is Dewald Bravis, who has earned a name with explosive batting in T20 cricket.
The South African team is currently on a tour of Zimbabwe, where the three will be played against the format. In this, 2 Test matches are to be played between the two teams. However, this series is not part of the new cycle of the World Test Championship. In such a situation, the South African board had already decided to relax some players including its WTC champion captain Temba Bavuma from this match. That is why this team seems to be very changed and the command star spinner Keshav Maharaj is handling.
Debut of these 3 players
South Africa announced its playing XI on Friday for the first Test match starting in Bulawayo from Saturday 28 June. While this XI has returned to opener Tony Designer and young Pesar Quen Mafaka, 3 players have got a chance to start their career in long format. In this, the middle order batsman Luan Drais Pretorius and Dewald Brevis and fast bowling-all-rounder Kodi Yusuf are starting their journey with this Test.
🚨 Team Announcement 🚨
Captain Keshav Maharaj has confirmed the starting xi for our proteas men ahead of Tomorrows 1st test against Zimbabwe 🏏🇿🇦.
A team ready to leave their mark in Bulawayo with Flair and Firepower 💪🔥.#Wozanawe pic.twitter.com/hvcsd0xks0
– Proteas men (@proteasmencsa) June 27, 2025
Most of the eyes will be on 22 -year -old Brevis, who have made a lot of identity with explosive batting in their small career. Bravis, who mainly showed his batting threats in T20 cricket, recently performed a strong batting for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025. But can they do this wonders even in long format? This will be the most interesting. The first class record of Brevis raises its hope, where he has scored 1322 runs in 20 matches at an average of 41, including 4 centuries.
South Africa’s playing-11
Keshav Maharaj (Captain), Luan Draw Pretorians, Tony Designer, Matthew Breetjke, Vian Mulder, David Bedingham, Dewald Brevis, Kail Vereya, Corbin Bosch, Kodi Yusuf, Quenna Mafaka.
