“Sarfaraz Ahmed of South Africa”- Netizens chuckle after seeing pictures of Temba Bavuma sleeping during Captain’s Day ahead of 2023 ODI World Cup

“Sarfaraz Ahmed of South Africa”- Netizens chuckle after seeing pictures of Temba Bavuma sleeping during Captain’s Day ahead of 2023 ODI World Cup

Temba Bavuma (Images via X)

Ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup, the captains of the 10 teams participating in the tournament attended the Captain’s Day on October 4. The captains of the teams were quizzed by the journalists about various topics. However, among several viral clips of the event, one picture event made fans laugh. The picture was of South Africa captain Temba Bavuma.

Bavuma was spotted sleeping during the event and the pictures did not take much time to go viral on the internet. However, the Proteas captain defended himself on X, saying that he did not fall asleep and it was the camera angle that made him look as if he was sleeping.

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He replied to a post of England’s Barmy Army saying: “I blame the camera angle, I wasn’t sleeping.”

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Fans’ react to Temba Bavuma’s picture of sleeping during Captain’s Day 

Netizens came up with hilarious reactions and deemed it the best moment in the Captain’s Day event. However, some fans reacted differently, calling out Temba Bavuma for sleeping because he represents South Africa at the World Cup.

"Sarfaraz Ahmed of South Africa"- Netizens chuckle after seeing pictures of Temba Bavuma sleeping during Captain's Day ahead of 2023 ODI World Cup
Temba Bavuma (Image via X)

Here are their reactions:

https://twitter.com/farooq_49/status/1709501865056985493
https://twitter.com/Piyush_Kataruka/status/1709508792206102757
https://twitter.com/staaa_plarrr/status/1709501468255101185
https://twitter.com/Cricketislv/status/1709501606901977311
https://twitter.com/pakistaniiiii_/status/1709507194939420769
https://twitter.com/advthc/status/1709501577378349243

South Africa will start their 2023 ODI World Cup campaign on October 7 against Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. They will play against all the nine teams in the group stage with their last match scheduled on November 10 against Afghanistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In the 2019 ODI World Cup, the Proteas could win just three out of nine matches and ended up in the seventh position on the points table. World Cup starts on October 5 between last edition’s finalists England and New Zealand in Ahmedabad. 

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