The 2nd ODI match between South Africa and Australia was a high-scoring affair, as the two teams scored over 330 runs in the game. During the match, there was a heated exchange between two South African players, the captain Temba Bavuma and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. Now head coach Shukri Conrad has broken the silence on the heated incident.
South Africa has won the series after winning the second match of the series by 33 runs. They posted a massive total of 366 runs, with Temba Bavuma and David Miller scoring centuries. The Proteas will be looking to dominate the third game as well and clean sweep the Aussies in the ODI series, which will give them confidence ahead of the Test series.
While speaking to the media, head coach Shukri Conrad downplayed the clash between Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma, saying that he had a good chuckle looking at the clips.
Shukri Conrad said, "Whenever Quinny gets involved, I just laugh, hey, because he's a... Yeah, look, going viral on socials means nothing to me, and it certainly means nothing inside the changing room,” Conrad said when asked about the incident on Monday.
“I don't even know what it fully stemmed from, but it’s just the two of them in the heat of battle. I saw a clip—somebody showed it to me—and I turned it off halfway through with a good chuckle because that’s what we want."
"We don't want boring guys that just stand around": Shukri Conrad on Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock heated exchange
Shukri Conrad further added to the heated exchange between the two players, as he believes that he does not want two guys standing around each other and saying nothing. He backed Quinton de Kock for having his opinion, and he also stated that Temba and Quinton are good mates.
He added, "We don't want boring guys who just stand around, and Quinny is always going to give his opinion.
“The two of them are best mates, so there was certainly nothing vindictive in it, and I hope it doesn't get spun into some larger storyline. So, yeah—save yourself a bit of ink and typing, and don't worry too much about it.”
What happened between Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock?
The tempers flared between Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock over a review; the incident happened at the very end of the game as the South African captain took the review even before asking it to the wicketkeeper, who came firing in, and the two had a verbal exchange.
Speaking of the incident, it happened in the 48th over of the match as Lizaad Williams wrapped Xavier Bartlett on the pads and made a huge LBW appeal, and the umpire was unmoved; there was a discussion in the middle before the captain took the review, and Quinton pointed some fingers but was eventually calmed by Marco Jansen, and he walked away.
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