Keshav Maharaj will not play in second Test against Zimbabwe
The South Africa team is currently playing a two -match Test series against Zimbabwe. South Africa won the first Test match played between these two teams. Now the second Test match between these two teams is starting from July 6. However, before this Test, the South Africa team has suffered a major setback. The team's veteran player Keshav Maharaj will not be seen playing in the second Test and Senuran Muthusamy has got a place in the team in his place. Not only this, in the second Test, Vian Mulder will be seen captaining South Africa, who has played only 20 Tests so far.
Keshav Maharaj got injured
Keshav Maharaj will not be able to participate in the second Test due to injury. Keshav Maharaj took a total of four wickets in the first Test played between the two teams. Not only this, he contributed 51 runs in the second innings. Due to his all -round performance, South Africa defeated Zimbabwe by 328 runs. Now Senuran Muthusamy has got a place in the South Africa team in place of Maharaj. He has played four Test matches so far for the team, in which Muthusamy has scored 173 runs at an average of 43.25. His highest personal score has been 68 runs. Not only this, he also has 7 wickets at an average of 35.
In the second Test, the captaincy of South Africa team has been captained by Vian Mulder. He played a brilliant innings of 147 runs in the second innings while batting strongly in the first Test match. Not only this, he also took four wickets in this match. Talking about the data of the Mulder, he has scored 786 runs in 20 Tests at an average of 26.20, which includes two centuries and a half -century. Not only this, Mulder also has 35 wickets.
South Africa team is ahead 1-0
In the first Test match played between these two teams, South Africa declared their first innings for 418 runs for 9 wickets. After this, the Zimbabwe team was piled on 251 runs. South Africa scored 369 runs in the second innings and all out Zimbabwe for 208 runs. With this victory, the South Africa team is ahead 1-0 in the two-match Test series. In the second Test, the team will miss the lack of Keshav Maharaj.
