Prior to the ICC World Cup opening between England and New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium on October 5, all 10 captains of the participating nations were present at a special media session on Wednesday in Ahmedabad.
Among all the captains, including Babar Azam of Pakistan, Rohit Sharma of India, Jos Buttler of England, Kane Williamson of New Zealand, and Pat Cummins of Australia, Temba Bavuma of South Africa became the talk of the town for no cricket-related reason.
A picture of the Proteas captain dozing off during the captain’s meeting went viral on social media.
Bavuma stressed, however, that he was not dozing off and instead placed the responsibility on the camera angle in response to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
When an account posted a picture of Bavuma napping, he tweeted, “I blame the camera angle, I wasn’t sleeping,” in response.
I blame the camera angle, I wasn’t sleeping 🤦🏽♂️
— Temba Bavuma (@TembaBavuma) October 4, 2023
Despite Bavuma’s denial that he wasn’t sleeping, the 33-year-old’s admirers on social media made humorous posts with the his image.
Here are the reactions of cricket enthusiasts on X
Bavuma was sleeping during captains round table event. #Worlds2023 #CWC23 #Bavuma #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/MNRe2CRNcC
— Wasay Habib (@wwasay) October 4, 2023
Temba Bavuma during the Captains's Press Conference 😂#ICCCricketWorldCup #Bavuma #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/B98s3ukzkc
— Basit (@iambasit_Ba56) October 4, 2023
that one employee during the team meeting 😆 #CWC2023 #bavuma pic.twitter.com/MRQ0hjolwl
— Pranay Sawardekar (@pranay030) October 4, 2023
https://twitter.com/kus_sehgal009/status/1709511501395173523
Kesay Log Han Bavuma Bhai Ko Sonay Bhi Nahi Detay 😂#Bavuma #Buttler #BabarAzam #icccricketworldcup2023 #CaptainsDay pic.twitter.com/IOi3IBrkqp
— 𝕱𝖆𝖎𝕾𝖆𝖑 🇵🇸 (@FaiFu08) October 4, 2023
South africa in knockouts 😭#CWC23 #CWC2023 #SouthAfrica #bavuma pic.twitter.com/hHlS95ahtb
— Troll cricket (@Trollcricket56) October 4, 2023
